linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel: make rcu/tiny_plugin.h explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:05:19 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel: make rcu/tiny_plugin.h explicitly non-modular

The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:

init/Kconfig:config TINY_RCU
init/Kconfig:   bool

...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
when reading the code there is no doubt it is builtin-only.

Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.  We could
consider moving this to an earlier initcall (subsys?) if desired.

We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.

Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h | 15 ++-------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
index e492a5253e0f..196f0302e2f4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 
@@ -122,18 +122,7 @@ free_out:
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(rcudir);
 	return 1;
 }
-
-static void __exit rcutiny_trace_cleanup(void)
-{
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(rcudir);
-}
-
-module_init(rcutiny_trace_init);
-module_exit(rcutiny_trace_cleanup);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Read-Copy Update tracing for tiny implementation");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+device_initcall(rcutiny_trace_init);
 
 static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp)
 {
-- 
2.6.1