Re: metag test failure in -next due to commit 'module: relocate module_init from init.h to module.h'

[Guenter Roeck]

On 06/05/2015 02:39 PM, James Hogan wrote:
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>  From e12856c559d7dff2ad4f6497996610e12e7c7e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 22:17:18 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] tty/metag_da: Avoid module_init/module_exit
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> The metag_da TTY driver can't get built as a module at the moment, but
> it still uses module_init() and module_exit(). Those macros are moving
> to module.h which isn't included by metag_da.c, which will result in the
> following build warnings (remarkably no build errors) and an apparent
> failure to boot as the TTY driver won't be loaded.
>
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:660: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:660: warning: type defaults to âintâ in declaration of âmodule_initâ
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:660: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:661: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:661: warning: type defaults to âintâ in declaration of âmodule_exitâ
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:661: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:572: warning: âdashtty_initâ defined but not used
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:645: warning: âdashtty_exitâ defined but not used
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c In function âdash_console_writeâ:
> drivers/tty/metag_da.c:670 : warning: passing argument 4 of âchancallâ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
>
> Instead of just adding the module.h include, now would be a good time to
> remove the use of these macros, replacing the module_init with
> device_initcall, and removing the exit function altogether since it
> isn't needed. If module support is added later the code can always be
> resurrected.
>
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-metag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yes, that does the trick.

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Guenter

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