From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexandre Belloni Subject: Re: [42/73] rtc: delete non-required instances of include Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 09:49:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20150609074946.GG5222@piout.net> References: <1390339396-3479-43-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20150608195455.GF5222@piout.net> <20150608210634.GJ7125@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from down.free-electrons.com ([37.187.137.238]:59903 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751377AbbFIHtt (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2015 03:49:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150608210634.GJ7125@windriver.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Alessandro Zummo , rtc-linux@googlegroups.com On 08/06/2015 at 17:06:34 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote : > > I've contemplated applying that patch but I'm not sure it is actually a > > good idea because those 46 drivers are using a variant of module_driver > > which actually uses __init and __exit. After your patch it is still > > working simply because init.h gets included that way: > > Firstly, I am kind of curious why an 18 month old patch is getting > replied to now. That aside, this interdependence between module.h and > init.h was reconsidered and you can see the resolution solution here: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1433276168-21550-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com > > To summarize what is said there, yes - you can ignore the one line > removals for now. We will revisit them after the above is merged. > I've taken the RTC subsystem maintainership and I've been sorting the 2372 patches left in patchwork down to 126 and yours was one of these. Seeing your answer, I think my question was legitimate. I'll be happy to take your revised patch once ready. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com