Driver core: reduce duplicated code for platform_device creation
This makes the two similar functions platform_device_register_simple
and platform_device_register_data one line inline functions using a new
generic function platform_device_register_resndata.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 5417944..d7ecad0 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -43,10 +43,64 @@
extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, const char *);
extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
- const struct resource *, unsigned int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(struct device *,
- const char *, int, const void *, size_t);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_resndata(
+ struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+ const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
+ const void *data, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
+ * probe hardware directly. Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
+ * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
+ * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
+ * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
+ * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(
+ const char *name, int id,
+ const struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
+{
+ return platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, name, id,
+ res, num, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
+ * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+ struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+ const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+ return platform_device_register_resndata(parent, name, id,
+ NULL, 0, data, size);
+}
extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,