linux-kernel - [PATCH 49/45] V4L: v4l2-common: remove incorrect MODULE test

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Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:58:15 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>,
	hverkuil@...all.nl, g.liakhovetski@....de, mchehab@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 49/45] V4L: v4l2-common: remove incorrect MODULE test

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
---------------------

From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>

upstream commit: d64260d58865004c6354e024da3450fdd607ea07

v4l2-common doesn't have to be a module for it to call request_module().
Just remove that test.

Without this patch loading ivtv as a module while v4l2-common is compiled
into the kernel will cause a delayed load of the i2c modules that ivtv
needs since request_module is never called directly.

While it is nice to see the delayed load in action, it is not so nice in
that ivtv fails to do a lot of necessary i2c initializations and will oops
later on with a division-by-zero.

Thanks to Mark Lord for reporting this and helping me figure out what was
wrong.

Thanks-to: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
Thanks-to: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
---
 drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
@@ -910,10 +910,10 @@ struct v4l2_subdev *v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(
 	struct i2c_board_info info;
 
 	BUG_ON(!dev);
-#ifdef MODULE
+
 	if (module_name)
 		request_module(module_name);
-#endif
+
 	/* Setup the i2c board info with the device type and
 	   the device address. */
 	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
@@ -958,10 +958,10 @@ struct v4l2_subdev *v4l2_i2c_new_probed_
 	struct i2c_board_info info;
 
 	BUG_ON(!dev);
-#ifdef MODULE
+
 	if (module_name)
 		request_module(module_name);
-#endif
+
 	/* Setup the i2c board info with the device type and
 	   the device address. */
 	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
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