gpio: i2c expanders use subsys_init

Make the I2C external GPIO expander drivers register themselves at
subsys_initcall() time when they're statically linked.

SOC-integrated GPIOs are available starting very early -- early in
arch_initcall() at latest, but often even before initcalls start to run --
so this improves consistency, so more subsystems can rely on GPIOs in
their own subsys_initcall() code.

(This isn't a theoretical problem.  This is one of several patches needed
to resolve oopsing observed when statically linking kernels on a DaVinci
EVM.  Its pcf857x GPIOs needed to be available well before some other
drivers initialized.)

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/max732x.c b/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
index b51c8135ca2..55ae9a41897 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
@@ -372,7 +372,10 @@ static int __init max732x_init(void)
 {
         return i2c_add_driver(&max732x_driver);
 }
-module_init(max732x_init);
+/* register after i2c postcore initcall and before
+ * subsys initcalls that may rely on these GPIOs
+ */
+subsys_initcall(max732x_init);
 
 static void __exit max732x_exit(void)
 {