Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/stm: Fix section mismatches

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 11/10/25 15:51, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 02:32:18PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>
> > You should replace __init by __init_or_module
>
> That's not sufficient as the driver can still be rebound through sysfs
> currently (the driver would probably crash anyway, but that's a separate
> issue).
>
> Also note that no drivers use __init_or_module these days, likely as
> everyone uses modules and it's not worth the added complexity in trying
> to get the section markers right for a build configuration that few
> people care about.
>
> I can send a follow-on patch to suppress the unbind attribute, or
> include it in a v2 if you insist on using __init_or_module.
>
> What do you prefer?

I think it makes sens to use __init_or_module because these drivers have 
been always compiled in and we are converting them into modules.

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