From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@mm-sol.com>,
Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/pci: make most of the PCI_DW drivers modular
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:51:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160208155141.GT23093@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2730150.DUniNa63fK@wuerfel>
[Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/pci: make most of the PCI_DW drivers modular] On 08/02/2016 (Mon 11:00) Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sunday 07 February 2016 19:00:44 Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > We've exported the symbols that we know these specific drivers
> > will need as tristate, so now we can make the conversion from
> > bool to tristate w/o concern for build regressions.
> >
> > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> > Cc: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>
> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> > Cc: Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@mm-sol.com>
> > Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
>
> Looks good, but I'm not sure what happens on unload. Did you check?
Per the 0/N I've not got the capability to do run time testing for any
of this stuff. And from previous discussions, ISTR that people didn't
want to see a blanket block-unload policy implemented.
> Until this is tested, maybe it's best to prevent module unloading?
If that is what people want, I can add that.
P.
--
>
> Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-08 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-08 0:00 [PATCH 0/5] Modularize PCI_DW related drivers Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 0:00 ` [PATCH 3/5] drivers/pci: export dw syms enabling board specific PCI code to be tristate Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 9:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-08 15:53 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 0:00 ` [PATCH 4/5] drivers/pci: make host/pci-keystone-dw.c modular Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 9:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-08 15:53 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 19:03 ` Murali Karicheri
2016-02-08 0:00 ` [PATCH 5/5] drivers/pci: make most of the PCI_DW drivers modular Paul Gortmaker
2016-02-08 10:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-08 15:51 ` Paul Gortmaker [this message]
2016-02-24 6:09 ` [PATCH 0/5] Modularize PCI_DW related drivers Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2016-02-24 9:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-25 8:13 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2016-02-25 8:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-29 9:29 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2016-03-01 21:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-03-15 20:50 ` Murali Karicheri
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