linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/13] drm: remove drm_fb_helper

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Message-ID: <20210121082820.GA25719@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:28:20 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
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        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] drm: remove drm_fb_helper_modinit

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 09:25:40AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:55 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > drm_fb_helper_modinit has a lot of boilerplate for what is not very
> > simple functionality.  Just open code it in the only caller using
> > IS_ENABLED and IS_MODULE.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> I didn't spot any dependencies with your series, should I just merge
> this through drm trees? Or do you want an ack?

I'd prefer an ACK - module_loaded() is only introduced earlier in this
series.