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    Subject[PATCH 26/58] move meth's probe function to .devinit.text
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    A pointer to meth_probe is passed to the core via
    platform_driver_register and so the function must not disappear when the
    .init sections are discarded. Otherwise (if also having HOTPLUG=y)
    unbinding and binding a device to the driver via sysfs will result in an
    oops as does a device being registered late.

    An alternative to this patch is using platform_driver_probe instead of
    platform_driver_register plus removing the pointer to the probe function
    from the struct platform_driver.

    Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
    Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
    Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
    Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    ---
    drivers/net/meth.c | 2 +-
    1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.c b/drivers/net/meth.c
    index c336a1f..8947129 100644
    --- a/drivers/net/meth.c
    +++ b/drivers/net/meth.c
    @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int meth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
    /*
    * The init function.
    */
    -static int __init meth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
    +static int __devinit meth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
    {
    struct net_device *dev;
    struct meth_private *priv;
    --
    1.6.2
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