linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 07/12] pci: sh: SH7751 PCI host bridge driver

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Date:	Mon, 2 May 2016 14:33:05 -0500
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 07/12] pci: sh: SH7751 PCI host bridge driver

On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 02:08:31PM +0900, Yoshinori Sato wrote:

> +static __init int sh7751_pci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> ...

> +	pci->cfg.ops = &pci_sh7751_ops;
> +	return pci_host_common_probe(pdev, pci);
> +}
> +
> +static __refdata struct platform_driver sh7751_pci_driver = {
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name = "sh7751-pci",
> +		.of_match_table = sh7751_pci_of_match,
> +	},
> +	.probe = sh7751_pci_probe,
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(sh7751_pci_driver);

I *think* that if you use builtin_platform_driver_probe() or
module_platform_driver_probe() here, you can get rid of the __refdata
on sh7751_pci_driver while keeping sh7751_pci_probe() as __init.