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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/9] platform-drivers: move probe to .devinit.text in arch/arm
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Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> writes:

> A pointer to a probe callback 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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>
> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
> Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
> Cc: Kristoffer Ericson <Kristoffer.Ericson@gmail.com>
> Cc: Liam Girdwood <liam.girdwood@wolfsonmicro.com>
> Cc: Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml@gmail.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
> Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/corgi_ssp.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/sharpsl_pm.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/h1940-bluetooth.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm/mach-sa1100/jornada720_ssp.c | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

For the h1940-bluetooth change :
Acked-by: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>

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