Re: [PATCH akpm v2] lib: test_sort: make it explicitly non-modular

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Paul,

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
>      lib/Kconfig.debug:config TEST_SORT
>      lib/Kconfig.debug:      bool "Array-based sort test"
>
> ...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 code there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering becomes slightly earlier when we change it
> to use subsys_initcall as done here.  However, since it is a self
> contained test, this shouldn't be an issue and subsys_initcall
> seems like a better fit for this particular case.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag since that information is now
> contained at the top of the file in the comments.

Yeah, MODULE_LICENSE is too easy to grep for... :-(

> Cc: Kostenzer Felix <fkostenzer@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Can we please stop doing this?

It's very valuable to have modular tests, so you can run them just by
insmodding the test, instead of needing a separate kernel that runs them
at boot.

Will send a revert + modular enablement...

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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