linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] drivers/pinctrl: make mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397 driver explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <1456862521.13127.1.camel@mussux00>
Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:02:01 -0800
From:	Hongzhou Yang <hongzhou.yang@...iatek.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	<linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>, <eddie.huang@...iatek.com>,
	<biao.huang@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] drivers/pinctrl: make mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397
 driver explicitly non-modular

On Mon, 2016-02-29 at 15:48 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig for this driver is currently:
> 
> config PINCTRL_MT6397
>         bool "Mediatek MT6397 pin control" if COMPILE_TEST && !MFD_MT6397
> 
> ...meaning that it is currently 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_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
> 
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
> 
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
> Cc: Hongzhou Yang <hongzhou.yang@...iatek.com>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c | 10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
> index f9751ae28e32..6eccb85c02cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt6397.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>   * GNU General Public License for more details.
>   */
>  
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
>  #include <linux/of_device.h>
> @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id mt6397_pctrl_match[] = {
>  	{ .compatible = "mediatek,mt6397-pinctrl", },
>  	{ }
>  };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, mt6397_pctrl_match);
>  
>  static struct platform_driver mtk_pinctrl_driver = {
>  	.probe = mt6397_pinctrl_probe,
> @@ -69,9 +68,4 @@ static int __init mtk_pinctrl_init(void)
>  {
>  	return platform_driver_register(&mtk_pinctrl_driver);
>  }
> -
> -module_init(mtk_pinctrl_init);
> -
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT6397 Pinctrl Driver");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Hongzhou Yang <hongzhou.yang@...iatek.com>");
> +device_initcall(mtk_pinctrl_init);


Acked-by: Hongzhou Yang <hongzhou.yang@...iatek.com>

Thanks,
Hongzhou