linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 03/11] stmpe-spi: Fix MODULE_DEVICE

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2023 23:52:01 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
Cc:     "linux-modules@...r.kernel.org" <linux-modules@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu,
        nick.alcock@...cle.com, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 03/11] stmpe-spi: Fix MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE entries

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 02:00:22PM -0500, Allen Webb wrote:
> A one character difference in the name supplied to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
> breaks compilation for STMPE_SPI after built-in modules can generate
> match-id based module aliases. Since this wasn't being used before and
> builtin aliases aren't needed in this case, remove it.
> 
> This was not caught earlier because STMPE_SPI can not be built as a
> module and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for built-in modules.
> 
> Fixes: e789995d5c61 ("mfd: Add support for STMPE SPI interface")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202212171140.NB93eVvI-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Allen Webb <allenwebb@...gle.com>
> ---

I'm happy to take patches 1-3 thorugh modules-next, but please try to
Cc the driver maintainers on the next iteration of this patch series
and let them know these are related to this work and see if you can
get their ACKs to go through another tree for this purpose.

  Luis