netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] irqchip: irq-meson-gpio: make it possible to build as a module

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Date:   Thu, 2 Sep 2021 11:28:33 +0200
From:   Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] irqchip: irq-meson-gpio: make it possible to build as
 a module

Hi,

On 18/08/2021 13:19, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:12:34 +0100,
> Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 12:24 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2021, Saravana Kannan wrote:
>>>>>>> I sent out the proper fix as a series:
>>>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210804214333.927985-1-saravanak@google.com/T/#t
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marc, can you give it a shot please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Saravana
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Superstar!  Thanks for taking the time to rectify this for all of us.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to clarify:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Are we waiting on a subsequent patch submission at this point?
>>>>
>>>> Not that I'm aware of. Andrew added a "Reviewed-by" to all 3 of my
>>>> proper fix patches. I didn't think I needed to send any newer patches.
>>>> Is there some reason you that I needed to?
>>>
>>> Actually, I meant *this* patch.
>>
>> I think it'll be nice if Neil addresses the stuff Marc mentioned
>> (ideally) using the macros I suggested. Not sure if Marc is waiting on
>> that though. Marc also probably wants my mdio-mux series to merge
>> first before he takes this patch. So that it doesn't break networking
>> in his device.
> 
> Yup. Two things need to happen here:
> 
> - the MDIO fixes must be merged (I think they are queued, from what I
>   can see)
> 
> - the irqchip patch must be fixed so that the driver cannot be
>   unloaded (Saravana did explain what needs to be done).

I'll post a re-spin of this serie with the suggested fixes.

Neil

> 
> Once these two condition are met, I'll happily take this patch.
> 
> 	M.
>