> -----Original Message----- > From: Jingoo Han [mailto:jg1....@samsung.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 11:43 AM > To: Venu Byravarasu > Cc: 'Andrew Morton'; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; 'Tejun Heo'; 'Greg KH'; > 'Alessandro Zummo'; rtc-li...@googlegroups.com; Jingoo Han > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] rtc: add devm_rtc_device_{register,unregister}() > > On Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:03 PM, Venu Byravarasu wrote: > > > > > --- a/drivers/rtc/class.c > > > +++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c > > > > > +/** > > > + * devm_rtc_device_register - resource managed rtc_device_register() > > > + * @name: the name of the device > > > + * @dev: the device to register > > > + * @ops: the rtc operations structure > > > + * @owner: the module owner > > > + * > > > + * @return a struct rtc on success, or an ERR_PTR on error > > > + * > > > + * Managed rtc_device_register(). The rtc_device returned from this > > > function > > > + * are automatically freed on driver detach. See rtc_device_register() > > > + * for more information. > > > + */ > > > + > > > +struct rtc_device *devm_rtc_device_register(const char *name, > > > + struct device *dev, > > > > As most of devm_* functions use " struct device *dev" as their first param, > > why not this function also modified to be in sync with them? > > Yes, but, I want to sync with the form of rtc_device_register(). > This function already uses 'struct device *dev' as second argument as below. >
IMO any kernel driver developer using devm_* API, expects struct device* as first argument. Breaking this policy for one module (RTC here) & making this API special, might not be a good idea. Anyhow, maintainers may add their comments on this. Thanks, Venu > struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev, > const struct rtc_class_ops *ops, > struct module *owner) > > Best regards, > Jingoo Han > > > > > > + const struct rtc_class_ops *ops, > > > + struct module *owner) > > > +{ > > > + struct rtc_device **ptr, *rtc; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/