linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: make triggers explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:39:48 +0200
From:	Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: make triggers explicitly non-modular

Hi Paul,

On 08/15/2016 10:54 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/leds/trigger/Kconfig:menuconfig LEDS_TRIGGERS
> drivers/leds/trigger/Kconfig:   bool "LED Trigger support"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the couple traces of modular infrastructure use, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file doesn't need that.
> However it does use EXPORT_SYMBOL, so we add the export.h header.
>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
> Cc: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
> Cc: linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>   drivers/leds/led-triggers.c | 6 +-----
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> index c92702a684ce..f0b3d101994b 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>    *
>    */
>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
>   #include <linux/kernel.h>
>   #include <linux/list.h>
>   #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> @@ -357,7 +357,3 @@ void led_trigger_unregister_simple(struct led_trigger *trig)
>   	kfree(trig);
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_unregister_simple);
> -
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Richard Purdie");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LED Triggers Core");
>

Thanks for the patch, applied.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski