linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] of/irq: Export of_irq

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Message-ID: <ec13207a-08b4-cbc4-7f29-1ce25ce1ebd0@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:49:46 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] of/irq: Export of_irq_count to drivers

On 9/27/21 12:43 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 2:28 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/27/21 12:08 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 12:07 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In order to build drivers/irqchip/irq-bcm7120-l2.c as a module, we will
>>>> need to have of_irq_count() exported to modules.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/of/irq.c | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/of/irq.c b/drivers/of/irq.c
>>>> index 352e14b007e7..949b9d1f8729 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/of/irq.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/of/irq.c
>>>> @@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ int of_irq_count(struct device_node *dev)
>>>>
>>>>         return nr;
>>>>  }
>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_irq_count);
>>>
>>> Please convert to use platform_irq_count() instead.
>>
>> That requires a platform_device to be passed to platform_irq_count(),
>> will that work even when the drivers remain built into the kernel and
>> get initialized early on?
> 
> No, does your irqchip using this do both? Looks to me like it is
> always a platform_device.

On ARM/ARM64 not using GKI as well as MIPS, we would want the module to
be built into the kernel image, however when using GKI that driver would
become a module. How do you suggest reconciling both usages?
-- 
Florian