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* [PATCH 00/18] mfd: demodularization of non-modular drivers
@ 2019-12-18 20:48 Paul Gortmaker
  2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 01/18] mfd: stmpe-spi: Make it explicitly non-modular Paul Gortmaker
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  0 siblings, 18 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Paul Gortmaker @ 2019-12-18 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lee Jones
  Cc: linux-kernel, Paul Gortmaker, Alexandre Torgue, Daniel Ribeiro,
	Graeme Gregory, Haojian Zhuang, Harald Welte, Ian Molton,
	Jorge Eduardo Candelaria, Keshava Munegowda, Maxime Coquelin,
	Mike Rapoport, Milo Kim, Misael Lopez Cruz, Peter Ujfalusi,
	Rabin Vincent, Roger Quadros, Tony Lindgren, Viresh Kumar, Yang,
	Bin, Zhu, Lejun, linux-omap, linux-stm32

This group of MFD drivers are all controlled by "bool" Kconfig settings,
but contain module infrastructure like unused/orphaned "remove" and
__exit functions, use of <linux/module.h> and/or MODULE_ macros that
are no-ops in the non-modular case.

We can remove/replace all of the above.  We are trying to make driver
code consistent with the Makefiles/Kconfigs that control them.  This
means not using modular functions/macros for drivers that can never be
built as a module.  Some of the downfalls this leads to are:

 (1) it is easy to accidentally write unused module_exit and remove code
 (2) it can be misleading when reading the source, thinking it can be
     modular when the Makefile and/or Kconfig prohibit it
 (3) it requires the include of the module.h header file which in turn
     includes nearly everything else, thus adding to CPP overhead.
 (4) it gets copied/replicated into other drivers and spreads quickly.

We've integrated hundreds of these type cleanups already, as the git
history will show.  This is just a continuation of that objective.

The ".remove" function linked into the device structure deserves an
extra comment.  While the normal execution path would be from a module
unload (if it was modular), it is theoretically possible that a person
could use the core driver infrastructure to manually push the driver off
the hardware; an "unbind" event -- which would run the ".remove" function.

Given that, in this series, when we delete a ".remove" function from
the driver struct, we also disable unbind.  Should there be a valid use
case out there that has been overlooked, this will ensure we get to see
it and can react/revert accordingly.

Build testing was done on drivers/mfd for allmodconfig on x86_64, ARM
and ARM-64 (on linux-next).

---

Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
Cc: Daniel Ribeiro <drwyrm@gmail.com>
Cc: Graeme Gregory <gg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@marvell.com>
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@openezx.org>
Cc: Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com>
Cc: Jorge Eduardo Candelaria <jorge.candelaria@ti.com>
Cc: Keshava Munegowda <keshava_mgowda@ti.com>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il>
Cc: Milo Kim <milo.kim@ti.com>
Cc: Misael Lopez Cruz <misael.lopez@ti.com>
Cc: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@stericsson.com>
Cc: Roger Quadros <rogerq@ti.com>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <vireshk@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang, Bin <bin.yang@intel.com>
Cc: Zhu, Lejun <lejun.zhu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com

Paul Gortmaker (18):
  mfd: stmpe-spi: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: stmpe-i2c: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: ezx-pcap: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: 88pm860x-*: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: tc3589: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: tc6387xb: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: tc6393xb: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: twl4030-audio: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: twl4030-power: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: twl6040: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: t7l66xb: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: lp8788: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: menelaus: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: tps6586x: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: omap-usb-tll: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: omap-usb-host: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: palmas: Make it explicitly non-modular
  mfd: intel_soc_pmic_core: Make it explicitly non-modular

 drivers/mfd/88pm860x-core.c       | 40 ++-------------------------------
 drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c        |  1 -
 drivers/mfd/ezx-pcap.c            | 42 +++-------------------------------
 drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_core.c | 31 +++-----------------------
 drivers/mfd/lp8788.c              | 24 ++------------------
 drivers/mfd/menelaus.c            | 24 ++++----------------
 drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c       | 47 +++++----------------------------------
 drivers/mfd/omap-usb-tll.c        | 47 ++++-----------------------------------
 drivers/mfd/palmas.c              | 36 +-----------------------------
 drivers/mfd/stmpe-i2c.c           | 23 ++-----------------
 drivers/mfd/stmpe-spi.c           | 23 ++-----------------
 drivers/mfd/stmpe.c               | 14 ------------
 drivers/mfd/stmpe.h               |  1 -
 drivers/mfd/t7l66xb.c             | 37 ++++--------------------------
 drivers/mfd/tc3589x.c             | 26 ++--------------------
 drivers/mfd/tc6387xb.c            | 30 ++++---------------------
 drivers/mfd/tc6393xb.c            | 43 ++---------------------------------
 drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c            | 26 ++--------------------
 drivers/mfd/twl4030-audio.c       | 21 +++--------------
 drivers/mfd/twl4030-power.c       | 19 +++-------------
 drivers/mfd/twl6040.c             | 29 +++---------------------
 21 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 533 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4


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2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 01/18] mfd: stmpe-spi: Make it explicitly non-modular Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 02/18] mfd: stmpe-i2c: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 03/18] mfd: ezx-pcap: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 04/18] mfd: 88pm860x-*: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 05/18] mfd: tc3589: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 06/18] mfd: tc6387xb: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 07/18] mfd: tc6393xb: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 08/18] mfd: twl4030-audio: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-20  8:43   ` Peter Ujfalusi
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 09/18] mfd: twl4030-power: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 10/18] mfd: twl6040: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 11/18] mfd: t7l66xb: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 12/18] mfd: lp8788: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 13/18] mfd: menelaus: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 14/18] mfd: tps6586x: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 15/18] mfd: omap-usb-tll: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 16/18] mfd: omap-usb-host: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 17/18] mfd: palmas: " Paul Gortmaker
2019-12-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 18/18] mfd: intel_soc_pmic_core: " Paul Gortmaker

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