linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] memory: atmel-ebi: make it explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:38:09 +0200
From:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] memory: atmel-ebi: make it explicitly non-modular

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:35:42 +0200
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com> wrote:

> Le 17/06/2016 02:37, Paul Gortmaker a écrit :
> > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> > 
> > drivers/memory/Kconfig:config ATMEL_EBI
> > drivers/memory/Kconfig: bool "Atmel EBI driver"
> > 
> > ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by
> > anyone.
> > 
> > Lets remove the few remaining modular references, 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.
> > 
> > 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 is already contained at the top of the file in the
> > comments.
> > 
> > Cc: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
> > Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> > Cc: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
> > Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>  
> 
> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>

Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

> 
> We'll have to take the two atmel-related drivers through our git trees
> and arm-soc.
> 
> Thanks Paul. Bye.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c | 9 ++-------
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c b/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> > index 17d9d3f60f20..f87ad6f5d2dc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/memory/atmel-ebi.c
> > @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/mfd/syscon.h>
> >  #include <linux/mfd/syscon/atmel-matrix.h>
> >  #include <linux/mfd/syscon/atmel-smc.h>
> > -#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/init.h>
> >  #include <linux/of_device.h>
> >  #include <linux/regmap.h>
> >  
> > @@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id
> > at91_ebi_id_table[] = { },
> >  	{ /* sentinel */ }
> >  };
> > -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, at91_ebi_id_table);
> >  
> >  static int at91_ebi_dev_disable(struct at91_ebi *ebi, struct
> > device_node *np) {
> > @@ -764,8 +763,4 @@ static struct platform_driver at91_ebi_driver =
> > { .of_match_table	= at91_ebi_id_table,
> >  	},
> >  };
> > -module_platform_driver_probe(at91_ebi_driver, at91_ebi_probe);
> > -
> > -MODULE_AUTHOR("Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>");
> > -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel EBI driver");
> > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > +builtin_platform_driver_probe(at91_ebi_driver, at91_ebi_probe);
> >   
> 
>