linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:23:57 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     geliangtang@...il.com
Cc:     mugunthanvnm@...com, grygorii.strashko@...com,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

From: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:45:43 +0800

> @@ -536,11 +536,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mdio_driver = {
>  	.remove = davinci_mdio_remove,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init davinci_mdio_init(void)
> -{
> -	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_mdio_driver);
> -}
> -device_initcall(davinci_mdio_init);
> +builtin_platform_driver(davinci_mdio_driver);
>  

As noted by others this is not a correct transformation, the existing
code works properly when modular.  But it will not with this change.

device_initcall() is rerouted to module_init() inside of a module
build, whereas the thing builtin_platform_driver() expands to does
not.