Re: [PATCH][Resend] Remove unneeded version.h includes (and addwhere needed) for drivers/usb/

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Wed Aug 03 2011 - 06:04:10 EST


Hi,

On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 10:18:23AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 August 2011 00:50:42 Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 12:11:53AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 02 August 2011 23:19:24 Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 11:33:29PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > > > It was pointed out by 'make versioncheck' that linux/version.h was
> > > > > not always being included where needed and sometimes included
> > > > > needlessly in drivers/usb/.
> > > > > This patch fixes up the includes.
> > > > >
> > > > > For the UVC gadget driver bits, this was ACK'ed by Laurent Pinchart.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >
> > > > > drivers/usb/gadget/uvc.h | 1 +
> > > > > drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_v4l2.c | 1 -
> > > > > drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c | 1 -
> > > > > 3 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc.h
> > > > > index 5b79194..81971fb 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc.h
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/uvc.h
> > > > > @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct uvc_event
> > > > >
> > > > > #include <linux/usb.h> /* For usb_endpoint_* */
> > > > > #include <linux/usb/gadget.h>
> > > > > #include <linux/videodev2.h>
> > > > >
> > > > > +#include <linux/version.h>
> > > >
> > > > does uvc.h really needs <linux/version.h> ?? Laurent ?
> > >
> > > uvc.h has
> > >
> > > #define DRIVER_VERSION_NUMBER KERNEL_VERSION(0, 1, 0)
> > >
> > > This is used in drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_v4l2.c only.
> > >
> > > As the uvc gadget driver lives in-tree, the best fix is probably to
> > > remove DRIVER_VERSION_NUMBER completely, and replace it with
> > > LINUX_VERSION_CODE where it is used.
> >
> > yeah, I can agree with that, but do you need a MODULE_VERSION() anyway ?
> > Would it be better to just remove the MODULE_VERSION altogether as
> > there's no real benefit from having it ?
>
> DRIVER_VERSION_NUMBER isn't used as a MODULE_VERSION() argument. The driver
> uses it to report its version through the V4L2 API.

ahaa, ok. fine by me then.

--
balbi

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