Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] pinctrl: qcom: Allow pinctrl-msm code to be loadable as a module

[John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 6:17 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 1:38 AM John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> > Tweaks to allow pinctrl-msm code to be loadable as a module.
> >
> > This is needed in order to support having the qcom-scm driver,
> > which pinctrl-msm calls into, configured as a module.
> >
> > This requires that we tweak Kconfigs selecting PINCTRL_MSM to
> > also depend on QCOM_SCM || QCOM_SCM=n so that we match the
> > module setting of QCOM_SCM.
> >
> > Unlike the previous revision of this patch:
> >   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200625001039.56174-5-john.stultz@linaro.org/
> > this version reworks PINCTRL_MSM to be a visible option and
> > instead of having the various SoC specific drivers select
> > PINCTRL_MSM, this switches those configs to depend on
> > PINCTRL_MSM. This avoids adding the oddish looking:
> >   "depend on QCOM_SCM || QCOM_SCM=n"
> > to every SoC specific driver, as that becomes a maintenance
> > headache.
> >
> > We also add PINCTRL_MSM to the arm64 defconfig to avoid
> > surprises as otherwise PINCTRL_MSM/IPQ* options previously
> > enabled, will be off.
> >
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Maulik Shah <mkshah@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Lina Iyer <ilina@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
> > Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > * Module description and whitespace fixes suggested by Bjorn
> > * Added QCOM_SCM || QCOM_SCM=n bits on Kconfigs selecting
> >   PINCTRL_MSM. Reported by both Todd and Bjorn.
> > v3:
> > * Make sure the QCOM_SCM || QCOM_SCM=n trick is commented
> > v4:
> > * Rework "select PINCTRL_MSM" to "depends on PINCTRL_MSM"
> >   to consolidate the QCOM_SCM dependency.
> > v5:
> > * Add PINCTRL_MSM to arm64 defconfig
>
> Bjorn can you have a look at this series?
>
> BTW John  I'm afraid I just merged a new QCOM subdriver so we might
> need to respin this to cover all.
>
> It's an important patch so I'll help out in rebasing it if the only problem is
> that my tree is moving under your feet.

No worries. I'm mostly wanting to make sure there are no objections
with switching PINCTRL_MSM from a selected config to a depended
config.

If that seems ok, I can redo it on whatever point you would like.

I realize I can also split that change out separately from the module
enablement bits as well if its helpful.

thanks
-john