miscdevice: introduce builtin_misc_device
This is basically the same as module_misc_device but without the
presence of an exit/remove function. Similar in nature to the
commit f309d4443130bf814e991f836e919dca22df37ae ("platform_device:
better support builtin boilerplate avoidance").
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 722698a..a426cb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
extern void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc);
/*
+ * Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in the initcall.
+ * This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code.
+ */
+#define builtin_misc_device(__misc_device) \
+ builtin_driver(__misc_device, misc_register)
+
+/*
* Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in module init / exit
* call. This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code.
*/