linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] vfio: platform: introduce vfio-platform-base module

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:04:43 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>, eric.auger@...com,
	alex.williamson@...hat.com, b.reynal@...tualopensystems.com,
	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, christoffer.dall@...aro.org,
	patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] vfio: platform: introduce vfio-platform-base module

On Friday 23 October 2015 14:37:09 Eric Auger wrote:
> To prepare for vfio platform reset rework let's build
> vfio_platform_common.c and vfio_platform_irq.c in a separate
> module from vfio-platform and vfio-amba. This makes possible
> to have separate module inits and works around a race between
> platform driver init and vfio reset module init: that way we
> make sure symbols exported by base are available when vfio-platform
> driver gets probed.
> 
> The open/release being implemented in the base module, the ref
> count is applied to the parent module instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> 

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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