On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:50 PM John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This patch allow the rpmpd driver to be loaded as a permenent > module. Meaning it can be loaded from a module, but then cannot > be unloaded. > > Ideally, it would include a remove hook and related logic, but > apparently the genpd code isn't able to track usage and cleaning > things up? (See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/1/24/38) > > So making it a permenent module at least improves things slightly > over requiring it to be a built in driver. > > Feedback would be appreciated! > > Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andy Gross <agross@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2: > * Fix MODULE_LICENSE to be GPL v2 as suggested by Bjorn > * Leave initcall as core_initcall, since that switches to module_initcall > only when built as a module, also suggested by Bjorn > * Add module tags taken from Rajendra's earlier patch > --- > drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 4 ++-- > drivers/soc/qcom/rpmpd.c | 6 ++++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig > index d0a73e76d563..af774555b9d2 100644 > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig > @@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ config QCOM_RPMHPD > for the voltage rail. > > config QCOM_RPMPD > - bool "Qualcomm RPM Power domain driver" > - depends on QCOM_SMD_RPM=y > + tristate "Qualcomm RPM Power domain driver" > + depends on QCOM_SMD_RPM > help > QCOM RPM Power domain driver to support power-domains with > performance states. The driver communicates a performance state > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmpd.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmpd.c > index 2b1834c5609a..22fe94c03e79 100644 > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmpd.c > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmpd.c > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ > #include <linux/init.h> > #include <linux/kernel.h> > #include <linux/mutex.h> > +#include <linux/module.h> > #include <linux/pm_domain.h> > #include <linux/of.h> > #include <linux/of_device.h> > @@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id rpmpd_match_table[] = { > { .compatible = "qcom,qcs404-rpmpd", .data = &qcs404_desc }, > { } > }; > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, rpmpd_match_table); > > static int rpmpd_send_enable(struct rpmpd *pd, bool enable) > { > @@ -422,3 +424,7 @@ static int __init rpmpd_init(void) > return platform_driver_register(&rpmpd_driver); > } > core_initcall(rpmpd_init); > + > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. RPM Power Domain Driver"); > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:qcom-rpmpd"); > -- > 2.17.1 > I think making it a permanent module is still very useful and a good first step. Acked-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> -Saravana