linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/rtc: make class.c explicitly non-modular

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:13:28 +0100
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/rtc: make class.c explicitly non-modular

On 14/02/2016 at 15:04:19 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote :
> The Makefile/Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_CLASS)         += rtc-core.o
> rtc-core-y                      := class.o interface.o
> 
> drivers/rtc/Kconfig:menuconfig RTC_CLASS
> drivers/rtc/Kconfig:    bool "Real Time Clock"
> 
> ...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.
> 
> We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file does need
> to know what a struct module is.
> 
> 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: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> Cc: rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/class.c | 13 -------------
>  1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com