linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpib: remove unnecessary module

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Message-ID: <20260131015556.44402-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:55:45 -0800
From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>,
	Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Michael Rubin <matchstick@...erthere.org>
Subject: [PATCH] gpib: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions

Two GPIB drivers have unnecessary empty module_init and module_exit
functions. Remove them. Note that if a module_init function exists, a
module_exit function must also exist; otherwise, the module cannot be
unloaded.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpib/nec7210/nec7210.c | 12 ------------
 drivers/gpib/tms9914/tms9914.c | 13 -------------
 2 files changed, 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpib/nec7210/nec7210.c b/drivers/gpib/nec7210/nec7210.c
index bbf39367f5e4..f15d38dfa4cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/nec7210/nec7210.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/nec7210/nec7210.c
@@ -1107,15 +1107,3 @@ void nec7210_locking_iomem_write_byte(struct nec7210_priv *priv, u8 data,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->register_page_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nec7210_locking_iomem_write_byte);
-
-static int __init nec7210_init_module(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit nec7210_exit_module(void)
-{
-}
-
-module_init(nec7210_init_module);
-module_exit(nec7210_exit_module);
diff --git a/drivers/gpib/tms9914/tms9914.c b/drivers/gpib/tms9914/tms9914.c
index 72a11596a35e..1411297e6217 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/tms9914/tms9914.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/tms9914/tms9914.c
@@ -899,16 +899,3 @@ void tms9914_iomem_write_byte(struct tms9914_priv *priv, u8 data, unsigned int r
 		udelay(1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tms9914_iomem_write_byte);
-
-static int __init tms9914_init_module(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit tms9914_exit_module(void)
-{
-}
-
-module_init(tms9914_init_module);
-module_exit(tms9914_exit_module);
-
-- 
2.43.0