linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] drivers/pinctrl: make sh-pfc/core.c explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWwiZNJ7UavdNJhfee9EhOHM6CybtNgOKkH9nRdqjiqWg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 12:05:39 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] drivers/pinctrl: make sh-pfc/core.c explicitly non-modular

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> The Kconfig / Makefile currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_PINCTRL_SH_PFC)    += sh-pfc.o
> drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/Makefile:sh-pfc-objs                     = core.o pinctrl.o
>
> drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/Kconfig:config PINCTRL_SH_PFC
> drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/Kconfig: def_bool y
>
> ...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_init already wasn't being used in this code, the init
> ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
>
> 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: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Linus: Feel free to take this with the other patches from the series.
Or do you prefer I queue it up in sh-pfc-for-v4.7?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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