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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWF+g4hwzcCRGkTYM=TpiBmxOn3GYmr+zO8c0QJUgH1fg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:58:32 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@...esas.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] drivers/pci: make host/pcie-rcar.c explicitly non-modular

CC MODULE_AUTHOR

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 2:41 AM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/pci/host/Kconfig:config PCI_RCAR_GEN2_PCIE
> drivers/pci/host/Kconfig:       bool "Renesas R-Car PCIe controller"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> Since module_platform_driver() uses the same init level priority as
> builtin_platform_driver() the init ordering remains unchanged with
> this commit.
>
> We don't have to disallow a driver unbind, since that is already
> done for us in this driver.
>
> Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> was (or is now) contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Cc: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c | 11 ++++-------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c
> index f4fa6c537448..2c619277d265 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
>   *  arch/sh/drivers/pci/ops-sh7786.c
>   *  Copyright (C) 2009 - 2011  Paul Mundt
>   *
> + * Module Author: Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@...esas.com>
> + *
>   * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>   * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
>   * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
> @@ -18,7 +20,7 @@
>  #include <linux/irq.h>
>  #include <linux/irqdomain.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/msi.h>
>  #include <linux/of_address.h>
>  #include <linux/of_irq.h>
> @@ -921,7 +923,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id rcar_pcie_of_match[] = {
>         { .compatible = "renesas,pcie-r8a7791", .data = rcar_pcie_hw_init },
>         {},
>  };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rcar_pcie_of_match);
>
>  static int rcar_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> @@ -1007,8 +1008,4 @@ static struct platform_driver rcar_pcie_driver = {
>         },
>         .probe = rcar_pcie_probe,
>  };
> -module_platform_driver(rcar_pcie_driver);
> -
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@...esas.com>");
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Renesas R-Car PCIe driver");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> +builtin_platform_driver(rcar_pcie_driver);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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