netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] make non-modular code explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:09:13 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Anish Bhatt <anish@...lsio.com>,
	Craig Gallek <kraig@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Shani Michaeli <shanim@...lanox.com>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] make non-modular code explicitly non-modular

Hi Paul,

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> In a previous merge window, we made changes to allow better
> delineation between modular and non-modular code in commit
> 0fd972a7d91d6e15393c449492a04d94c0b89351 ("module: relocate module_init
> from init.h to module.h").  This allows us to now ensure module code
> looks modular and non-modular code does not accidentally look modular
> just to avoid suffering build breakage.
>
> Here we target code that is, by nature of their Makefile and/or
> Kconfig settings, only available to be built-in, but implicitly
> presenting itself as being possibly modular by way of using modular
> headers, macros, and functions.
>
> The goal here is to remove that illusion of modularity from these
> files, but in a way that leaves the actual runtime unchanged.
> In doing so, we remove code that has never been tested and adds
> no value to the tree.  And we continue the process of expecting a
> level of consistency between the Kconfig/Makefile of code and the
> code in use itself.
>
> Fortuntately the net subsystem has relatively few instances, given
> the overall amount of code and drivers it contains.  For comparison
> there are over 300 instances tree wide, resulting in a possible net
> removal of on the order of 5000 lines of unused code.
>
> Build tested on net-next 34c2d9fb0498 on m68k, since that is the arch
> where the three ethernet drivers changed here are available.

>   net/ethernet: make amd/hplance.c driver explicitly non-modular
>   net/ethernet: make 8390/mac8390.c driver explicitly non-modular
>   net/ethernet: make apple/macmace.c driver explicitly non-modular

Why did you choose this approach?
What about changing the "bool"s to "tristate"s in Kconfig instead?

I gave it a try, and with some small changes the three m68k ethernet drivers
build fine as modular drivers. I can send patches if you like it.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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