linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Driver core: reduce duplicated code

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Message-ID: <20100616205332.GB15837@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:32 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Magnus Damm <damm@...nsource.se>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>,
	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Driver core: reduce duplicated code

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:05:00AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:47:56AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > This makes the two similar functions platform_device_register_simple
> > and platform_device_register_data one line inline functions using a new
> > generic function platform_device_register_resndata.
> I forgot to add some comments to this mail, ... sorry.
> 
>  - I'm not completely happy with the name of the new function.  If
>    someone has a better name please tell me.

I don't like it either, what is "resndata" supposed to stand for?

>  - can platform_device_register_resndata be moved to __init_or_module?

I doubt it, but try it and see if a build warns about it.

>  - I moved the kernel docs to the header but didn't test if they are
>    picked up when generating docs.  Even if not, there is no better
>    place, is there?

No, that's the proper place, but make sure the docbook source is also
picking up the .h file, I don't know if it currently does.

So, I'll not apply this one just yet.  Can you verify the docbook stuff
at the very least?

thanks,

greg k-h
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