1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index a9ded9a3c175..c082c71f7225 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -204,6 +204,24 @@ static inline void platform_set_drvdata(struct platform_device *pdev, void *data
         module_driver(__platform_driver, platform_driver_register, \
                         platform_driver_unregister)
 
+/* module_platform_driver_probe() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
+ * anything special in module init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of
+ * boilerplate.  Each module may only use this macro once, and
+ * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_platform_driver_probe(__platform_driver, __platform_probe) \
+static int __init __platform_driver##_init(void) \
+{ \
+        return platform_driver_probe(&(__platform_driver), \
+                                     __platform_probe);    \
+} \
+module_init(__platform_driver##_init); \
+static void __exit __platform_driver##_exit(void) \
+{ \
+        platform_driver_unregister(&(__platform_driver)); \
+} \
+module_exit(__platform_driver##_exit);
+
 extern struct platform_device *platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver,
                                         int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
                                         struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res,