Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/pci: make most of the PCI_DW drivers modular

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Feb 08 2016 - 05:00:45 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good, but I'm not sure what happens on unload. Did you check?
Until this is tested, maybe it's best to prevent module unloading?

Arnd