linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: sh_tmu: Mark driver as non-removable

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Message-ID: <25e36532-3d98-dfa7-ac45-656999f3f0d2@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:37:07 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: sh_tmu: Mark driver as non-removable

On 07/02/2023 20:36, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The comment in the remove callback suggests that the driver is not
> supposed to be unbound. However returning an error code in the remove
> callback doesn't accomplish that. Instead set the suppress_bind_attrs
> property (which makes it impossible to unbind the driver via sysfs).
> The only remaining way to unbind a sh_tmu device would be module
> unloading, but that doesn't apply here, as the driver cannot be built as
> a module.
> 
> Also drop the useless remove callback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---

Applied, thanks

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