From ca75d601b5942e8cf5eed68f308be0526d0dac5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 22:30:49 +0530 Subject: miscdevice: Add helper macro for misc device boilerplate Many modules call misc_register and misc_deregister in its module init and exit methods without any additional code. This ends up being boilerplate. This patch adds helper macro module_misc_device(), that replaces module_init()/ module_exit() with template functions. This patch also converts drivers to use new macro. Change since v1: Add device.h include in miscdevice.h as module_driver macro was not available from other include files in some architectures. Signed-off-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/arm/common') diff --git a/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c index 3f47f1203c6b..6053f64c3752 100644 --- a/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c +++ b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c @@ -56,16 +56,4 @@ static struct miscdevice bL_switcher_device = { "b.L_switcher", &bL_switcher_fops }; - -static int __init bL_switcher_dummy_if_init(void) -{ - return misc_register(&bL_switcher_device); -} - -static void __exit bL_switcher_dummy_if_exit(void) -{ - misc_deregister(&bL_switcher_device); -} - -module_init(bL_switcher_dummy_if_init); -module_exit(bL_switcher_dummy_if_exit); +module_misc_device(bL_switcher_device); -- cgit v1.2.3