linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] soc: qcom: rpmh: Allow RPMH driver to be loaded as a module

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Message-ID: <159848140288.334488.4195649089371689022@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:36:42 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Maulik Shah <mkshah@...eaurora.org>, andy.gross@...aro.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        ulf.hansson@...aro.org, dianders@...omium.org,
        rnayak@...eaurora.org, ilina@...eaurora.org, lsrao@...eaurora.org,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Maulik Shah <mkshah@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] soc: qcom: rpmh: Allow RPMH driver to be loaded as a module

Quoting Maulik Shah (2020-08-25 04:21:22)
> From: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> 
> This patch allow the rpmh driver to be loaded as a permenent
> module. Meaning it can be loaded from a module, but then cannot
> be unloaded.
> 
> Ideally, it would include a remove hook and related logic, but
> the rpmh driver is fairly core to the system, so once its loaded
> with almost anything else to get the system to go, the dependencies
> are not likely to ever also be removed.
> 
> So making it a permanent module at least improves things slightly
> over requiring it to be a built in driver.
> 
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
> Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
> Cc: Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> Cc: Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> [mkshah: Fix typos in commit message, send after removing _rcuidle trace]
> Signed-off-by: Maulik Shah <mkshah@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>