linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] gpio: ath79: fix implicit assumption module.h is present

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZNd6aLvZTN7Q2u6VMxxm+UAgZ20KYjDQ=EhGzUG8QGfw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:02:05 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] gpio: ath79: fix implicit assumption module.h is present

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:16 AM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig for this file is:
>
> drivers/gpio/Kconfig:config GPIO_ATH79
> drivers/gpio/Kconfig: tristate "Atheros AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X GPIO support"
>
> ...but however it does not include module.h -- it in turn gets it from
> another header (gpio/driver.h) and we'd like to replace that with a
> forward delcaration of "struct module;" but if we do, this file will
> fail to compile.
>
> So we fix this first to avoid putting build failures into the bisect
> commit history.
>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij