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

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:51:55 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/19] amba: store owner from modules with
 amba_driver_register()

On 27/03/2024 21:33, Andi Shyti wrote:
> 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().
> 

That's just a wrapper, not API... why would we care to have kerneldoc
for it?

Best regards,
Krzysztof