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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:57:53 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Commit 7a192ec is build breaking

Ping?

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 02:00:49PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> The commit:
> 
>     platform driver: fix incorrect use of 'platform_bus_type' with 'struct device_driver'
> 
> contains this:
> 
> -static int __exit pxa2xx_flash_remove(struct device *dev)
> +static int __exit pxa2xx_flash_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
> ...
> -       .remove         = __exit_p(pxa2xx_flash_remove),
> +       .remove         = __devexit_p(pxa2xx_flash_remove),
> 
> which leads to the following build error:
> 
> `pxa2xx_flash_remove' referenced in section `.data' of drivers/built-in.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/built-in.o
> 
> This is not the only instance of it in this patch - all __exit_p's
> touched by this patch have been converted to __devexit_p's without
> regard to the original function.
> 
> Let's revert this change and, if we are going to convert functions
> to be __devexit/__devinit, lets have that as a _separate_ patch doing
> just that change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
> ---
>  arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/excite_nandflash.c    |    3 +--
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c b/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
> index dfbfd7e..2ab56ea 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static struct platform_driver iodev_driver = {
>  		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  	},
>  	.probe		= iodev_probe,
> -	.remove		= __devexit_p(iodev_remove),
> +	.remove		= __exit_p(iodev_remove),
>  };
>  
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
> index e9026cb..bf933a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static struct platform_driver pxa2xx_flash_driver = {
>  		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  	},
>  	.probe		= pxa2xx_flash_probe,
> -	.remove		= __devexit_p(pxa2xx_flash_remove),
> +	.remove		= __exit_p(pxa2xx_flash_remove),
>  	.suspend	= pxa2xx_flash_suspend,
>  	.resume		= pxa2xx_flash_resume,
>  	.shutdown	= pxa2xx_flash_shutdown,
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/excite_nandflash.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/excite_nandflash.c
> index 72446fb..630b4d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/excite_nandflash.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/excite_nandflash.c
> @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static struct platform_driver excite_nand_driver = {
>  		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  	},
>  	.probe = excite_nand_probe,
> -	.remove = __devexit_p(excite_nand_remove)
> +	.remove = __exit_p(excite_nand_remove)
>  };
>  
>  static int __init excite_nand_init(void)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Russell King

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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