Re: [PATCH] platform: intel_turbo_max_3: make it explicitly non-modular

From: Darren Hart
Date: Thu Feb 16 2017 - 22:37:25 EST


On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 07:37:00PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:config INTEL_TURBO_MAX_3
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig: bool "Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 enumeration driver"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the couple traces of modular infrastructure use, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> 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
> was (or is now) contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> We do uncover some implicit includes during build coverage that
> were hidden behind the module.h which pulls in a lot of dependants.
>

Paul, this all looks so very familiar... have we been through this before? Maybe
for another driver...

> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Srinivas, any objections?

> Cc: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/intel_turbo_max_3.c | 11 +++++------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_turbo_max_3.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_turbo_max_3.c
> index 0103f5b32e34..4f60d8e32a0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_turbo_max_3.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_turbo_max_3.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
> * Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation.
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> + * Author: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + *
> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/topology.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
> #include <linux/cpufeature.h>
> #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
> @@ -123,7 +127,6 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id itmt_legacy_cpu_ids[] = {
> ICPU(INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X),
> {}
> };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, itmt_legacy_cpu_ids);
>
> static int __init itmt_legacy_init(void)
> {
> @@ -146,7 +149,3 @@ static int __init itmt_legacy_init(void)
> return 0;
> }
> late_initcall(itmt_legacy_init)
> -
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 enumeration driver");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center