linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/19] amba: store owner from modules with amba_driver

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:33:50 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/19] amba: store owner from modules with
 amba_driver_register()

Hi Krzysztof,

..

>  /**
> - *	amba_driver_register - register an AMBA device driver
> + *	__amba_driver_register - register an AMBA device driver
>   *	@drv: amba device driver structure
> + *	@owner: owning module/driver
>   *
>   *	Register an AMBA device driver with the Linux device model
>   *	core.  If devices pre-exist, the drivers probe function will
>   *	be called.
>   */
> -int amba_driver_register(struct amba_driver *drv)
> +int __amba_driver_register(struct amba_driver *drv,

..

> +/*
> + * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE
> + */

Should the documentation be moved here? Well... I don't see any
documentation linking this file yet, but in case it comes we want
documented amba_driver_register() rather than
__amba_driver_register().

Andi

> +#define amba_driver_register(drv) \
> +	__amba_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
> +