linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/bus/brcmstb_gisb.c : Remove the suppress_bind

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Message-ID: <ef8f8d44-5fc6-5f8e-c33c-c514eb455596@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:52:32 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     lizhe <sensor1010@....com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/bus/brcmstb_gisb.c : Remove the
 suppress_bind_attrs attribute of the driver



On 3/22/2022 8:47 PM, lizhe wrote:
> HI Andy Shevchenko
> Even if it is loaded as a module, its execution flow is still executed 
> through do_one_initcall(),
> __platform_driver_probe() still invoked.
>       So, this suppress_bind_attrs = true is redundant
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/707a4cdf86e5d6a2c4fad51fb98a6ff3425f820e 
> <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/707a4cdf86e5d6a2c4fad51fb98a6ff3425f820e> 
> 
> 
>      The author has simply added some descriptions here. Nothing 
> substantial has changed.

No HTML please, and yes I have seen your patch, and yes I plan on 
applying it. No need to fuss about it however.
-- 
Florian