int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)

drivers/base/driver.c

/**

 * driver_register - register driver with bus
 * @drv: driver to register
 *
 * We pass off most of the work to the bus_add_driver() call,
 * since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus
 * structures.
 */
int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
{
    int ret;
    struct device_driver *other;

    BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);

    if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
        (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
        (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown))
        printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use "
            "bus_type methods\n", drv->name);

    other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus);
    if (other) {
        put_driver(other);
        printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
            "aborting...\n", drv->name);
        return -EBUSY;
    }

    ret = bus_add_driver(drv);
    if (ret)
        return ret;
    ret = driver_add_groups(drv, drv->groups);
    if (ret)
        bus_remove_driver(drv);
    return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_register);