linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/hwtracing: make coresight-* explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:24:52 -0700
From:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/hwtracing: make coresight-* explicitly non-modular

On 16 February 2016 at 03:15, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 06:25:56PM -0700, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
>> On 14 February 2016 at 10:19, Paul Gortmaker
>> <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/amba/bus.h b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
>> > index 9006c4e75cf7..3d8dcdd1aeae 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/amba/bus.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
>> > @@ -163,4 +163,13 @@ struct amba_device name##_device = {                               \
>> >  #define module_amba_driver(__amba_drv) \
>> >         module_driver(__amba_drv, amba_driver_register, amba_driver_unregister)
>> >
>> > +/*
>> > + * builtin_amba_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything
>> > + * special in driver initcall.  This eliminates a lot of boilerplate.  Each
>> > + * driver may only use this macro once, and calling it replaces the instance
>> > + * device_initcall().
>> > + */
>> > +#define builtin_amba_driver(__amba_drv) \
>> > +       builtin_driver(__amba_drv, amba_driver_register)
>> > +
>> >  #endif
>> > --
>> > 2.6.1
>> >
>>
>> I'm good with this patch on the CS side but Russell maintains the amba
>> subsystem and as such needs to agree with the new macro.  Russell, I
>> offer to take this through my tree if you're fine with the changes.
>
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
>

Applied - thanks.

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