linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: fsl: make it explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <acb8b99f-cb71-6614-b90e-c62494746fc8@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:41:29 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: fsl: make it explicitly non-modular


On 16/11/16 16:39, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/soc/fsl/Kconfig:config FSL_GUTS
> drivers/soc/fsl/Kconfig:   bool
>
> ...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 was not in use by this code, the init ordering
> remains unchanged with this commit.
>

Sorry I forgot to append -next as these are applicable only to linux-next

> Cc: Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
> Cc: Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/fsl/guts.c | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/guts.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/guts.c
> index 0ac88263c2d7..885409d84eb2 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/fsl/guts.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/guts.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
>
>  #include <linux/io.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
>  #include <linux/sys_soc.h>
>  #include <linux/of_address.h>
> @@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id fsl_guts_of_match[] = {
>  	{ .compatible = "fsl,ls2080a-dcfg", },
>  	{}
>  };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fsl_guts_of_match);
>
>  static struct platform_driver fsl_guts_driver = {
>  	.driver = {
> @@ -228,9 +226,3 @@ static int __init fsl_guts_init(void)
>  	return platform_driver_register(&fsl_guts_driver);
>  }
>  core_initcall(fsl_guts_init);
> -
> -static void __exit fsl_guts_exit(void)
> -{
> -	platform_driver_unregister(&fsl_guts_driver);
> -}
> -module_exit(fsl_guts_exit);
>

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep