Use module_platform_driver for drivers whose init and exit functions only register and unregister, respectively.
A simplified version of the Coccinelle semantic patch that performs this transformation is as follows: @a@ identifier f, x; @@ -static f(...) { return platform_driver_register(&x); } @b depends on a@ identifier e, a.x; @@ -static e(...) { platform_driver_unregister(&x); } @c depends on a && b@ identifier a.f; declarer name module_init; @@ -module_init(f); @d depends on a && b && c@ identifier b.e, a.x; declarer name module_exit; declarer name module_platform_driver; @@ -module_exit(e); +module_platform_driver(x); Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vthakkar1...@gmail.com> --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-replicator.c | 13 +------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-replicator.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-replicator.c index 7974b7c..df45932 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-replicator.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-replicator.c @@ -183,18 +183,7 @@ static struct platform_driver replicator_driver = { .pm = &replicator_dev_pm_ops, }, }; - -static int __init replicator_init(void) -{ - return platform_driver_register(&replicator_driver); -} -module_init(replicator_init); - -static void __exit replicator_exit(void) -{ - platform_driver_unregister(&replicator_driver); -} -module_exit(replicator_exit); +module_platform_driver(replicator_driver); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CoreSight Replicator driver"); -- 1.9.1 -- 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/