On Tue, 18 May 2010 15:55:27 +0300 Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valen...@nokia.com> wrote:
> I'm probably fine with this patch, and the driver must check for the pointer > before using it, indeed. > > But, I'm a bit skeptic about marking its platform data as __initdata. Would > it make sense? > What happens if driver is built as module and loaded / unload / loaded again? > > Maybe the initdata flag does not apply in this case. Not sure (and not tested > the above case). > Yep, it doesn't work or make sense for modules if platform data is marked as __initdata but with built in case it can save some bytes which are not needed after kernel is initialized. Like with this driver the i2c_bus number and i2_board_info data are not needed after probing but only pointer to set_power must be preserved. -- Jarkko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
