linux-kernel - [PATCH] move vga16fb's probe function to .devinit.text

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:25:03 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] move vga16fb's probe function to .devinit.text

A pointer to vga16fb_probe is passed to the core via
platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the
.init sections are discarded.  Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y)
unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an
oops as does a device being registered late.

An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
from the struct platform_driver.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/video/vga16fb.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
index 5b29389..76d8dae 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ static int vga16fb_setup(char *options)
 }
 #endif

-static int __init vga16fb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
+static int __devinit vga16fb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info;
 	struct vga16fb_par *par;
-- 
1.5.6.5

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