Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Use probe_new() instead of probe()

From: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Xiongfeng Wang <xiongfeng.wang@linaro.org>,
	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	nv@vosn.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Use probe_new() instead of probe()
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:37:56 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1807040728490.6169@fox.voss.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75Vd5f7Xj51ZKoxOWibrx4Bkh-HxkMwjKmEeumZm=WV2ksQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Nikolaus Voss
> <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> wrote:
>> struct i2c_device_id argument of probe() is not used, so use probe_new()
>> instead.
>>
>
> This makes...
>
>>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, st_accel_id_table);
>
> ...this table obsolete IIUC. At least that's what I did when switched
> to ->probe_new() in some drivers.
>
> If I'm mistaken (again? :-) ) I would hear from someone to point me
> how it can be used after a switch.

It is still used by the i2c-core in i2c_device_match() if DT and ACPI 
matching fails. And it is used to create the corresponding modaliases for 
driver loading. So it is necessary for non-DT/ non-ACPI systems and used 
for fallback matching if no match is found in of_device_ids.

>
>>
>> -static int st_accel_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>> -                                               const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>> +static int st_accel_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>>  {
>>         struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
>>         struct st_sensor_data *adata;
>> @@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver st_accel_driver = {
>>                 .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(st_accel_of_match),
>>                 .acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(st_accel_acpi_match),
>>         },
>> -       .probe = st_accel_i2c_probe,
>> +       .probe_new = st_accel_i2c_probe,
>>         .remove = st_accel_i2c_remove,
>>         .id_table = st_accel_id_table,
>>  };
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>
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