linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] x86: perf_event_intel_bts.c: use arch

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Message-ID: <1433168096.11346.19.camel@twins>
Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:14:56 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] x86: perf_event_intel_bts.c: use arch_initcall to
 hook in enabling

On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 10:11 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> On 15-06-01 03:04 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 08:54:11PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> >> This was using module_init, but there is no way this code can
> >> be modular.  
> > 
> > No, I think you could actually make it modular if you really wanted to.
> 
> By "really wanted to" -- do you mean future changes that someone might do?

Yeah, I think we read "no way this code can be modular" differently.

I'm reading it like; it can easily be, all it requires is this little
patch, where you're reading it like Kconfig changes.


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