On 11/17/06, David Brownell <[email protected]> wrote:
+
+ /* Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
+ * the list of drivers in order to probe new devices. Check to see
+ * if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of
+ * new devices fail.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&platform_bus_type.klist_drivers.k_lock);
+ drv->probe = NULL;
+ if (code == 0 && list_empty(&drv->driver.klist_devices.k_list))
+ retval = -ENODEV;
+ drv->driver.probe = platform_drv_probe_fail;
+ spin_unlock(&platform_bus_type.klist_drivers.k_lock);
I think this code should not be executed if driver is compiled as a
module because __init sections will stay anyway. Also, why don't you
also remove "bind" attribute if driver is built-in. That should save a
bit of dynamic memory.
--
Dmitry
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