linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc1 01/10] TURBOchannel update to the driver model

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Message-Id: <20061220205406.0061081c.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:54:06 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Antonino Daplas <adaplas@....net>,
	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc1 01/10] TURBOchannel update to the driver
 model

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:01:30 +0000 (GMT)
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

> +/**
> + * tc_register_driver - register a new TC driver
> + * @drv: the driver structure to register
> + *
> + * Adds the driver structure to the list of registered drivers
> + * Returns a negative value on error, otherwise 0.
> + * If no error occurred, the driver remains registered even if
> + * no device was claimed during registration.
> + */
> +int tc_register_driver(struct tc_driver *tdrv)
> +{
> +	return driver_register(&tdrv->driver);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(tc_register_driver);
> +
> +/**
> + * tc_unregister_driver - unregister a TC driver
> + * @drv: the driver structure to unregister
> + *
> + * Deletes the driver structure from the list of registered TC drivers,
> + * gives it a chance to clean up by calling its remove() function for
> + * each device it was responsible for, and marks those devices as
> + * driverless.
> + */
> +void tc_unregister_driver(struct tc_driver *tdrv)
> +{
> +	driver_unregister(&tdrv->driver);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(tc_unregister_driver);

I spose making these inline would save a bit of code, stack space and 
a couple of exports.
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