Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "lib/test_sort.c: make it explicitly non-modular"

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Feb 28 2017 - 10:26:21 EST


Hi Andy,

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-02-28 at 14:06 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> This reverts commit 8893f519330bb073a49c5b4676fce4be6f1be15d.
>>
>> It's very valuable to have modular tests, so you can run them just by
>> insmodding the test modules, instead of needing a separate kernel that
>> runs them at boot.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> lib/test_sort.c | 11 +++++------
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/test_sort.c b/lib/test_sort.c
>> index 4db3911db50ace76..d389c1cc2f6cf795 100644
>> --- a/lib/test_sort.c
>> +++ b/lib/test_sort.c
>> @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
>> #include <linux/sort.h>
>> #include <linux/slab.h>
>> -#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>
>
>>
>> -/*
>> - * A simple boot-time regression test
>> - * License: GPL
>> - */
>> +/* a simple boot-time regression test */
>
> I would leave this piece as is now.

As this is a revert, I prefer to revert 100%.

> The rest is okay.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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