[PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

This next set of patches to drivers/tty fixes up more drivers that would
perhaps appear modular when looking at the code, but are controlled by
a bool Kconfig.  We make sure they don't look modular and get rid
of module related code in the drivers that would never be used.

The one common thread here for all the patches is that we also
scrap the .remove functions which would only be used for module
unload (impossible) and driver unbind.  For the drivers here, there
doesn't seem to be a sensible unbind use case (vs. e.g. a multiport
PCI ethernet driver where one port is unbound and passed through to
a kvm guest or similar).  Hence we just explicitly disallow any
driver unbind operations to help prevent root from doing something
illogical to the machine that they could have done previously.

We've already done this for drivers/tty/serial/mpsc.c previously.

Build tested for allmodconfig on ARM64 and powerpc for tty/tty-testing.

Paul.

---

Cc: Andy Gross <agross-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Brown <davidb-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre-AIFe0yeh4nAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-arm-msm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-mediatek-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-serial-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-soc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org

Paul Gortmaker (5):
  drivers/tty: make hvc/hvc_vio.c explicitly non-modular
  drivers/tty: make ehv_bytechan.c explicitly non-modular
  drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular
  drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular
  drivers/tty/serial: make 8250/8250_mtk.c explicitly non-modular

 drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c         | 40 +++------------------------------
 drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c          | 29 ++++--------------------
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c | 35 ++++++-----------------------
 drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c  | 45 ++++----------------------------------
 drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c    | 30 ++++---------------------
 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)

-- 
2.6.1

[PATCH 3/5] drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:

drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:config SERIAL_ATMEL
drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:     bool "AT91 / AT32 on-chip serial port support"

...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.

We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
code for non-modular drivers.

Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.

We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file already has that.

We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.

Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 45 ++++-----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 94294558943c..d19a1e931529 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  */
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -2866,37 +2865,14 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int atmel_serial_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct uart_port *port = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port = to_atmel_uart_port(port);
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	tasklet_kill(&atmel_port->tasklet);
-
-	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 0);
-
-	ret = uart_remove_one_port(&atmel_uart, port);
-
-	kfree(atmel_port->rx_ring.buf);
-
-	/* "port" is allocated statically, so we shouldn't free it */
-
-	clear_bit(port->line, atmel_ports_in_use);
-
-	clk_put(atmel_port->clk);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static struct platform_driver atmel_serial_driver = {
 	.probe		= atmel_serial_probe,
-	.remove		= atmel_serial_remove,
 	.suspend	= atmel_serial_suspend,
 	.resume		= atmel_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
-		.name	= "atmel_usart",
-		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
+		.name			= "atmel_usart",
+		.of_match_table		= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
+		.suppress_bind_attrs    = true,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2914,17 +2890,4 @@ static int __init atmel_serial_init(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-static void __exit atmel_serial_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&atmel_serial_driver);
-	uart_unregister_driver(&atmel_uart);
-}
-
-module_init(atmel_serial_init);
-module_exit(atmel_serial_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Rick Bronson");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel AT91 / AT32 serial port driver");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:atmel_usart");
+device_initcall(atmel_serial_init);
-- 
2.6.1

[PATCH 4/5] drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:

drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:config SERIAL_MSM
drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:     bool "MSM on-chip serial port support"

...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.

We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
code for non-modular drivers.

Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.

We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file already has that.

We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.

Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Andy Gross <agross@codeaurora.org>
Cc: David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-soc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c | 30 ++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
index dcde955475dc..15afa8070b7d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/dmaengine.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
@@ -1601,15 +1600,6 @@ static int msm_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return uart_add_one_port(&msm_uart_driver, port);
 }
 
-static int msm_serial_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct uart_port *port = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
-	uart_remove_one_port(&msm_uart_driver, port);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct of_device_id msm_match_table[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "qcom,msm-uart" },
 	{ .compatible = "qcom,msm-uartdm" },
@@ -1617,11 +1607,11 @@ static const struct of_device_id msm_match_table[] = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_driver msm_platform_driver = {
-	.remove = msm_serial_remove,
 	.probe = msm_serial_probe,
 	.driver = {
-		.name = "msm_serial",
-		.of_match_table = msm_match_table,
+		.name			= "msm_serial",
+		.of_match_table		= msm_match_table,
+		.suppress_bind_attrs	= true,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1641,16 +1631,4 @@ static int __init msm_serial_init(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-static void __exit msm_serial_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&msm_platform_driver);
-	uart_unregister_driver(&msm_uart_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(msm_serial_init);
-module_exit(msm_serial_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Robert Love <rlove@google.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for msm7x serial device");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+device_initcall(msm_serial_init);
-- 
2.6.1

Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular

[Stephen Boyd]

On 10/18/2015 03:21 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:config SERIAL_MSM
> drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:     bool "MSM on-chip serial port support"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
> sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
> code for non-modular drivers.
>
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
>
> We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file already has that.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Andy Gross <agross@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-soc@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> ---

I'd prefer we make the Kconfig a tristate. I'll test out that
configuration today, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

-- 
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project

Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

[Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular] On 19/10/2015 (Mon 12:44) Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On 10/18/2015 03:21 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> >
> > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:config SERIAL_MSM
> > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:     bool "MSM on-chip serial port support"
> >
> > ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> >
> > Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> > when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> >
> > We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
> > sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
> > code for non-modular drivers.
> >
> > Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> > case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
> >
> > We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file already has that.
> >
> > We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> > is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> >
> > Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Andy Gross <agross@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
> > Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-soc@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> > ---
> 
> I'd prefer we make the Kconfig a tristate. I'll test out that
> configuration today, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Sure, if you want to do that then great; as I've said in other threads,
it simply doesn't scale for me to be expanding functionality in these
kinds of commits, since there are 300+ of them and I can't do much more
than just make the code consistent with the Makefile/Kconfig behaviour
and still get through them all.

When I see a tristate patch for it appear in -next I will drop this.
Or if Greg wants to merge the series w/o this one patch, that is fine
too -- basically whatever works for Greg, since he's got the larger
burden here, maintaining all these different things that he does.

Thanks,
Paul.
--

> 
> -- 
> Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
> a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
> 

[PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty/serial: make 8250/8250_mtk.c explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:

drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig:config SERIAL_8250_MT6577
drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig:        bool "Mediatek serial port support"

...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.

We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
code for non-modular drivers.

Since module_platform_driver() uses the same init level priority as
builtin_platform_driver() the init ordering remains unchanged with
this commit.

We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.

Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-serial-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-mediatek-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker-CWA4WttNNZF54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c | 35 +++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
index 78883ca64ddd..0e590b233f03 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -245,23 +245,6 @@ static int mtk8250_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mtk8250_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct mtk8250_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
-
-	serial8250_unregister_port(data->line);
-
-	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
-	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
-
-	if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(&pdev->dev))
-		mtk8250_runtime_suspend(&pdev->dev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 static int mtk8250_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -292,18 +275,18 @@ static const struct of_device_id mtk8250_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "mediatek,mt6577-uart" },
 	{ /* Sentinel */ }
 };
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, mtk8250_of_match);
 
 static struct platform_driver mtk8250_platform_driver = {
 	.driver = {
-		.name		= "mt6577-uart",
-		.pm		= &mtk8250_pm_ops,
-		.of_match_table	= mtk8250_of_match,
+		.name			= "mt6577-uart",
+		.pm			= &mtk8250_pm_ops,
+		.of_match_table		= mtk8250_of_match,
+		.suppress_bind_attrs	= true,
+
 	},
 	.probe			= mtk8250_probe,
-	.remove			= mtk8250_remove,
 };
-module_platform_driver(mtk8250_platform_driver);
+builtin_platform_driver(mtk8250_platform_driver);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
 static int __init early_mtk8250_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
@@ -319,7 +302,3 @@ static int __init early_mtk8250_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 
 OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(mtk8250, "mediatek,mt6577-uart", early_mtk8250_setup);
 #endif
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthias Brugger");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mediatek 8250 serial port driver");
-- 
2.6.1

Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

[[PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular] On 18/10/2015 (Sun 18:21) Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> This next set of patches to drivers/tty fixes up more drivers that would
> perhaps appear modular when looking at the code, but are controlled by
> a bool Kconfig.  We make sure they don't look modular and get rid
> of module related code in the drivers that would never be used.

[...]

> Paul Gortmaker (5):
>   drivers/tty: make hvc/hvc_vio.c explicitly non-modular
>   drivers/tty: make ehv_bytechan.c explicitly non-modular
>   drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular
>   drivers/tty/serial: make msm_serial.c explicitly non-modular
>   drivers/tty/serial: make 8250/8250_mtk.c explicitly non-modular

Hi Greg,

You've merged the #3 atmel patch and #5 the 8250_mtk patch; the msm_serial
patch (#4) is no longer applicable since the authors changed it to tristate.

That leaves the top two patches; both for PPC hardware.  Did you skip
those because you wanted them pushed through the powerpc tree?

If so, that is fine, I can do that.  Just let me know.

Thanks,
Paul.
--

> 
>  drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c         | 40 +++------------------------------
>  drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c          | 29 ++++--------------------
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c | 35 ++++++-----------------------
>  drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c  | 45 ++++----------------------------------
>  drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c    | 30 ++++---------------------
>  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.6.1
> 

Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 18/10/2015 at 18:21:13 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote :
> The one common thread here for all the patches is that we also
> scrap the .remove functions which would only be used for module
> unload (impossible) and driver unbind.  For the drivers here, there
> doesn't seem to be a sensible unbind use case (vs. e.g. a multiport
> PCI ethernet driver where one port is unbound and passed through to
> a kvm guest or similar).  Hence we just explicitly disallow any
> driver unbind operations to help prevent root from doing something
> illogical to the machine that they could have done previously.
> 
> We've already done this for drivers/tty/serial/mpsc.c previously.
> 
> Build tested for allmodconfig on ARM64 and powerpc for tty/tty-testing.
> 

So, how does this actually build test atmel_serial?

A proper solution would be to actually make it a tristate and allow
building as a module. I think it currently fails because of
console_initcall() but that is certainly fixable.


-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[Paul Gortmaker]

[Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular] On 20/10/2015 (Tue 17:10) Alexandre Belloni wrote:

> On 18/10/2015 at 18:21:13 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote :
> > The one common thread here for all the patches is that we also
> > scrap the .remove functions which would only be used for module
> > unload (impossible) and driver unbind.  For the drivers here, there
> > doesn't seem to be a sensible unbind use case (vs. e.g. a multiport
> > PCI ethernet driver where one port is unbound and passed through to
> > a kvm guest or similar).  Hence we just explicitly disallow any
> > driver unbind operations to help prevent root from doing something
> > illogical to the machine that they could have done previously.
> > 
> > We've already done this for drivers/tty/serial/mpsc.c previously.
> > 
> > Build tested for allmodconfig on ARM64 and powerpc for tty/tty-testing.
> > 
> 
> So, how does this actually build test atmel_serial?

Not sure why this should be a surprise;  I build test it exactly like this:

paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ echo $ARCH
arm64
paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ echo $CROSS_COMPILE 
aarch64-linux-gnu-
paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ make O=../arm-build/  drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.o
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/paul/git/arm-build'
arch/arm64/Makefile:25: LSE atomics not supported by binutils
  CHK     include/config/kernel.release
  Using /home/paul/git/linux-head as source for kernel
  GEN     ./Makefile
  CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h

[...]

  HOSTCC  scripts/sign-file
  HOSTCC  scripts/extract-cert
  CC      drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.o
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/paul/git/arm-build'
paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ 

It did build; no warning/error.  Would you call it an invalid build test?

> 
> A proper solution would be to actually make it a tristate and allow
> building as a module. I think it currently fails because of
> console_initcall() but that is certainly fixable.

Well, as per other threads on this topic, if people want to extend
the functionality to support tristate, then great.  But please do
not confuse that with existing functionality which is clearly non
modular in this case.

Thanks,
Paul.
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Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 20/10/2015 at 20:20:07 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote :
> [Re: [PATCH 0/5] drivers/tty: make more bool drivers explicitly non-modular] On 20/10/2015 (Tue 17:10) Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> 
> > On 18/10/2015 at 18:21:13 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote :
> > > The one common thread here for all the patches is that we also
> > > scrap the .remove functions which would only be used for module
> > > unload (impossible) and driver unbind.  For the drivers here, there
> > > doesn't seem to be a sensible unbind use case (vs. e.g. a multiport
> > > PCI ethernet driver where one port is unbound and passed through to
> > > a kvm guest or similar).  Hence we just explicitly disallow any
> > > driver unbind operations to help prevent root from doing something
> > > illogical to the machine that they could have done previously.
> > > 
> > > We've already done this for drivers/tty/serial/mpsc.c previously.
> > > 
> > > Build tested for allmodconfig on ARM64 and powerpc for tty/tty-testing.
> > > 
> > 
> > So, how does this actually build test atmel_serial?
> 
> Not sure why this should be a surprise;  I build test it exactly like this:
> 

CONFIG_SERIAL_ATMEL is not selected by allmodconfig on arm64 or powerpc
so this is not explaining how you build tested atmel_serial.

> paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ echo $ARCH
> arm64
> paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ echo $CROSS_COMPILE 
> aarch64-linux-gnu-
> paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ make O=../arm-build/  drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.o
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/paul/git/arm-build'
> arch/arm64/Makefile:25: LSE atomics not supported by binutils
>   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
>   Using /home/paul/git/linux-head as source for kernel
>   GEN     ./Makefile
>   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
> 
> [...]
> 
>   HOSTCC  scripts/sign-file
>   HOSTCC  scripts/extract-cert
>   CC      drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.o
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/paul/git/arm-build'
> paul@builder-02:~/git/linux-head$ 
> 
> It did build; no warning/error.  Would you call it an invalid build test?
> 

What you describe is a different test. I end up with 4 warnings when
doing that on my machine.

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