linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] PCI/PCIe: make DPC explicitly non-modular

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:44:27 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] PCI/PCIe: make DPC explicitly non-modular

Hi Paul,

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 05:28:02PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [Re: [PATCH -next] PCI/PCIe: make DPC explicitly non-modular] On 28/07/2016 (Thu 16:29) Keith Busch wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 03:33:03PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> > > 
> > > drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig:config PCIE_DPC
> > > drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig:       bool "PCIe Downstream Port Containment support"
> > > 
> > > ...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 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
> > > was (or is now) contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> > 
> > Thanks for cleaning this up.
> > 
> > FWIW, all of the other pcie service drivers look like they could use
> > the same cleanup.
> 
> Yep, not to worry, I've still got the following patches pending for-4.9:
> 
> $ grep PCI series 
> # PCI
> PCI-aerdrv-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-altera-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-dra7xx-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-imx6-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-pme-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-qcom-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-spear13xx-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-xilinx-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-xilinx-nwl-make-it-eplicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-portdrv-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-PCIe-make-dpc-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-generic-make-host-common-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-hotplug_core-make-it-explicitly-non-modular.patch
> PCI-hotplug-make-core-code-explicitly-non-modular.patch

Were you planning to post the patches above?  If so, I'll bundle them
all up along with this DPC one.

Bjorn