linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "lib/test_sort.c: make it explicitly non-modular"

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:24:15 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "lib/test_sort.c: make it explicitly non-modular"

Hi Andy,

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-02-28 at 14:06 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> This reverts commit 8893f519330bb073a49c5b4676fce4be6f1be15d.
>>
>> It's very valuable to have modular tests, so you can run them just by
>> insmodding the test modules, instead of needing a separate kernel that
>> runs them at boot.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>>  lib/test_sort.c | 11 +++++------
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/test_sort.c b/lib/test_sort.c
>> index 4db3911db50ace76..d389c1cc2f6cf795 100644
>> --- a/lib/test_sort.c
>> +++ b/lib/test_sort.c
>> @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
>>  #include <linux/sort.h>
>>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>> -#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>
>
>>
>> -/*
>> - * A simple boot-time regression test
>> - * License: GPL
>> - */
>> +/* a simple boot-time regression test */
>
> I would leave this piece as is now.

As this is a revert, I prefer to revert 100%.

> The rest is okay.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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