linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] PCI: st: Provide support for the sti PCIe controller

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Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:53:04 +0100
From:	Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Gabriel FERNANDEZ <gabriel.fernandez@...com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] PCI: st: Provide support for the sti PCIe controller

Thanks Paul for reviewing.

I'll check to be modular.

BR

Gabriel

On 16 March 2015 at 16:11, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 15:20 +0100, Gabriel FERNANDEZ wrote:
>> --- a/drivers/pci/host/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/Kconfig
>
>> +config PCI_ST
>> +     bool "ST PCIe controller"
>
> You add a bool Kconfig symbol. A week or two ago I saw some patches fly
> by that - I think - allowed PCIe controllers to be built modular.
>
>> +     depends on ARCH_STI || (ARM && COMPILE_TEST)
>> +     select PCIE_DW
>> +     help
>> +       Enable PCIe controller support on ST Socs. This controller is based
>> +       on Designware hardware and therefore the driver re-uses the
>> +       Designware core functions to implement the driver.
>
>> --- a/drivers/pci/host/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/Makefile
>
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_ST) += pci-st.o
>
> If you keep that symbol bool this objectfile will never be part of a
> module.
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pci-st.c b/drivers/pci/host/pci-st.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..470000d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pci-st.c
>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>
> For built-in code this include is, probably, not needed.
>
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, st_pcie_of_match);
>
> For built-in code that macro will always be preprocessed away.
>
>> +/* ST PCIe driver does not allow module unload */
>> +static int __init pcie_init(void)
>> +{
>> +     return platform_driver_probe(&st_pcie_driver, st_pcie_probe);
>> +}
>> +device_initcall(pcie_init);
>
> I think the module unload comment is a bit odd for built-in only code.
>
>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...com>");
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PCI express Driver for ST SoCs");
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>
> These three macros will be, basically, always preprocessed away as long
> as this code can't be built to be modular.
>
>
> Paul Bolle
>
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