[alsa-devel] [PATCH v3 02/12] ALSA: ac97: add an ac97 bus

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:37:48 +0200,
Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:43:58 +0200,
> > Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> >> +static struct bus_type ac97_bus_type = {
> >> +	.name		= "ac97",
> >
> > Name-conflict with the old ac97 bus?
> Yeah, fair point. So what should I choose for this new one ?
>  - ac97new
>  - ac97bis
>  - ac97_2
>  - ac97reborn

ac97bus
ac97_episode_5
ac98
...

I have no opinion on it.


> >> +static int __init ac97_bus_init(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	return bus_register(&ac97_bus_type);
> >> +}
> >> +subsys_initcall(ac97_bus_init);
> >> +
> >> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik at free.fr>");
> >
> > No bus_unregister() at exit?
> Mmmh, that's because I used subsys_initcall(), which doesn't look good in a
> module compilation setup. That will require a module_init(), and I will think
> about how to implement it and test it for next iteration.

You can use subsys_init() for modules, it's no problem.
When it's built for a module, all xxx_init() is handled as equivalent
with module_init().  See linux/module.h.

It's just the lack of module_exit() in your case.


thanks,

Takashi