Re: [PATCH 2/3] irqchip/gic-v5: iwb: Remove module boilerplate

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:58:19 +0100,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> The IWB driver cannot be compiled as a module and is as matter of fact a
> builtin driver at present.

What is blocking that?

> 
> Make it explicitly so by removing useless boilerplate and by using the
> builtin_platform_driver() helper to initialize its registration
> functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-iwb.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-iwb.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-iwb.c
> index ad9fdc14d1c6..c3a3b30e9f4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-iwb.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-iwb.c
> @@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id gicv5_iwb_of_match[] = {
>  	{ .compatible = "arm,gic-v5-iwb" },
>  	{ /* END */ }
>  };
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, gicv5_iwb_of_match);
>  
>  static struct platform_driver gicv5_iwb_platform_driver = {
>  	.driver = {
> @@ -274,4 +273,4 @@ static struct platform_driver gicv5_iwb_platform_driver = {
>  	.probe				= gicv5_iwb_device_probe,
>  };
>  
> -module_platform_driver(gicv5_iwb_platform_driver);
> +builtin_platform_driver(gicv5_iwb_platform_driver);
> 

I'd rather we make the driver buildable as a module if at all
possible, instead of forcing it as built-in for everyone. It would
definitely help pipe-cleaning the potential missing dependencies.

Thanks,

	M.

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