power: reset: at91-poweroff: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()
authorUwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Sat, 4 Nov 2023 21:15:03 +0000 (22:15 +0100)
committerSebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:15:37 +0000 (23:15 +0100)
commit099806de68b75a0fe114376b1ee162fdff572ecc
treeda9aa7d2788b267c80e07ae6388d321fe1d8f9de
parentdfcb264a01a9199e8338a548731baf5bbe77ef19
power: reset: at91-poweroff: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()

On today's platforms the benefit of platform_driver_probe() isn't that
relevant any more. It allows to drop some code after booting (or module
loading) for .probe() and discard the .remove() function completely if
the driver is built-in. This typically saves a few 100k.

The downside of platform_driver_probe() is that the driver cannot be
bound and unbound at runtime which is ancient and so slightly
complicates testing. There are also thoughts to deprecate
platform_driver_probe() because it adds some complexity in the driver
core for little gain. Also many drivers don't use it correctly. This
driver for example misses to mark the driver struct with __ref which is
needed to suppress a (W=1) modpost warning.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231104211501.3676352-17-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>
drivers/power/reset/at91-poweroff.c