RE: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: da903x: Make it explicitly non-modular

[Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@diasemi.com>]

Hi Paul,

On 03 June 2017 14:04 Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Paul Gortmaker; Support Opensource; Lee Jones; Eric Miao; Mike Rapoport
> Subject: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: da903x: Make it explicitly non-modular
> 
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config PMIC_DA903X
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool "Dialog Semiconductor DA9030/DA9034 PMIC
> Support"
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

With regards to your four patches,

 [4/4] mfd: da9055-i2c: Make it explicitly non-modular	- - -	2017-06-03
 [3/4] mfd: da9055-core: make it explicitly non-modular	- - -	2017-06-03
 [2/4] mfd: da9052-*: Make it explicitly non-modular	- - -	2017-06-03
 [1/4] mfd: da903x: Make it explicitly non-modular	- - -	2017-06-03

Is there an reason not to make the Kconfig tristate?
Would that not be simpler?

Previously, something similar was suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven for DA9063:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7788001/

Regards,
Steve

> Remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> Also explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
> sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
> code for non-modular drivers.
> 
> Since module_init was not in use by this code, the init ordering
> remains unchanged with this commit.
> 
> We replace module.h with init.h and export.h ; the latter since this
> file does export some syms.
> 
> Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
> 
> 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: Support Opensource <support.opensource@diasemi.com>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/da903x.c | 26 +++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> index 09f367571c58..78edb0558a0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>   */
> 
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/interrupt.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <linux/i2c.h>
> @@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ static const struct i2c_device_id da903x_id_table[] = {
>  	{ "da9034", 1 },
>  	{ },
>  };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, da903x_id_table);
> 
>  static int __remove_subdev(struct device *dev, void *unused)
>  {
> @@ -535,20 +534,12 @@ static int da903x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	return da903x_add_subdevs(chip, pdata);
>  }
> 
> -static int da903x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> -{
> -	struct da903x_chip *chip = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> -
> -	da903x_remove_subdevs(chip);
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>  static struct i2c_driver da903x_driver = {
>  	.driver	= {
> -		.name	= "da903x",
> +		.name			= "da903x",
> +		.suppress_bind_attrs	= true,
>  	},
>  	.probe		= da903x_probe,
> -	.remove		= da903x_remove,
>  	.id_table	= da903x_id_table,
>  };
> 
> @@ -557,14 +548,3 @@ static int __init da903x_init(void)
>  	return i2c_add_driver(&da903x_driver);
>  }
>  subsys_initcall(da903x_init);
> -
> -static void __exit da903x_exit(void)
> -{
> -	i2c_del_driver(&da903x_driver);
> -}
> -module_exit(da903x_exit);
> -
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PMIC Driver for Dialog Semiconductor DA9034");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Rapoport <mike@compulab.co.il>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> --
> 2.11.0