From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>,
SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>,
"moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] power: vexpress: make the reset driver a module
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 12:28:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3_5pHCc0WqDNt1Aim2M67cicyq27f0ggqPbJuu97i=Nw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL_Jsq+bwnwQBpxf_Q5GNhCz8+-psH-ovpW80LMk=MK=zcbYcA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:32 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:26 AM Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Today the vexpress power driver can only be builtin. Rework so it's
> > possible for the vexpress power driver to be a module.
>
> This is the same incomplete patch I did[1]. As a module, it needs to
> clean-up everything probe did like overwriting global variables.
>
> Rob
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20200419170810.5738-5-robh@kernel.org/
Your version was actually broken because it allowed unloading the
driver again. The version that Anders sent is a bit better because it
explicitly forbids unloading by having a module_init but not module_exit
function, so as long as the .suppress_bind_attrs flag is set, this will
not crash the kernel.
It would be nice to have a .remove callback, but for the merge window
I'm happy with a patch that fixes the build regression.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-28 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-27 11:26 [PATCH 0/5] vexpress: modularize power reset driver Anders Roxell
2020-05-27 11:26 ` [PATCH 1/5] power: vexpress: add suppress_bind_attrs to true Anders Roxell
[not found] ` <CAL_Jsq+vrEE2DBY+c3iVyMLf9oOaGVHVvdiMgdYEGCjJwX7Hcw@mail.gmail.com>
2020-05-28 10:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-05-27 11:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] power: vexpress: cleanup: use builtin_platform_driver Anders Roxell
2020-05-27 11:26 ` [PATCH 3/5] Revert "ARM: vexpress: Don't select VEXPRESS_CONFIG" Anders Roxell
2020-05-27 11:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] power: reset: vexpress: fix build issue Anders Roxell
2020-05-27 11:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] power: vexpress: make the reset driver a module Anders Roxell
[not found] ` <CAL_Jsq+bwnwQBpxf_Q5GNhCz8+-psH-ovpW80LMk=MK=zcbYcA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-05-28 10:28 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
[not found] ` <CAL_JsqKDfcX1YUTmkMbMNfPHnW5YcB7FaAmvrb42wgmsdfTqng@mail.gmail.com>
2020-05-28 10:34 ` [PATCH 0/5] vexpress: modularize power reset driver Arnd Bergmann
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