From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
<rcochran@linutronix.de>, <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 23:12:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160421031249.GH13379@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160420181322.GM5862@linaro.org>
[Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular] On 20/04/2016 (Wed 20:13) Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:25:06AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > The Kconfig for this driver is currently declared with:
> >
> > config INTEL_IDLE
> > bool "Cpuidle Driver for Intel Processors"
> >
> > ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> >
> > This was done in commit 6ce9cd8669fa1195fdc21643370e34523c7ac988
> > ("intel_idle: disable module support") since "...the module capability
> > is cauing more trouble than it is worth."
> >
> > This was done over 5y ago, and Daniel adds that:
> >
> > ...the modular support has been removed from almost all the cpuidle
> > drivers and the cpuidle framework is no longer assuming driver could
> > be unloaded.
> >
> > Removing the modular dead code in the driver makes sense as this
> > what have been done in the others drivers.
> >
> > So lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> > when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> >
> > Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> > case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit. At a
> > later date we might want to consider whether subsys_init or another
> > init category seems more appropriate than device_init.
> >
> > We replace module.h with moduleparam.h since the file does declare
> > some module parameters, and leaving them as such is currently the
> > easiest way to remain compatible with existing boot arg use cases.
>
> What about using __setup() ? so module* disappear from the file.
No, it can't be __setup since moduleparam uses an instance of the
filename as a prefix to the boot arg, and __setup does not. And we
should stay compatible with existing boot arg use cases for people
who have embedded such a setting in their grub config a long time
ago and forgot it. It would take looking at and likely extending the
early_param macro to provide a syntax compatible instance of what
the module_param currently does if I recall correctly -- hence the
above comment in the commit log.
Paul.
--
>
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/block/brd.c#n463
>
> > Note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
> >
> > Also note that we can't remove intel_idle_cpuidle_devices_uninit() as
> > that is still used for unwind purposes if the init fails.
> >
> > We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> > is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> >
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> > Cc: rcochran@linutronix.de
> > Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-21 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-27 17:29 [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular Paul Gortmaker
2016-04-04 19:55 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-04-05 3:11 ` rcochran
2016-04-05 4:20 ` Brown, Len
2016-04-05 4:30 ` rcochran
2016-04-05 5:53 ` Brown, Len
2016-04-05 7:33 ` rcochran
2016-04-07 16:53 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-04-20 15:25 ` [PATCH v2] " Paul Gortmaker
2016-04-20 18:13 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-04-21 3:12 ` Paul Gortmaker [this message]
2016-04-21 8:04 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-04-21 12:44 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-04-21 13:21 ` Daniel Lezcano
2016-04-21 17:42 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-06-16 5:00 ` Len Brown
2016-04-05 18:22 ` [PATCH] " Paul Gortmaker
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