Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] pwm: lpss: Move exported symbols to PWM_LPSS namespace

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 11:59:45AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 04:56:51PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Avoid unnecessary pollution of the global symbol namespace by
> > moving library functions in to a specific namespace and import
> > that into the drivers that make use of the functions.
> > 
> > For more info: https://lwn.net/Articles/760045/
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-pci.c      | 1 +
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-platform.c | 1 +
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss.c          | 2 ++
> >  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-pci.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-pci.c
> > index 75b778e839b3..9f2c666b95ec 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpss-pci.c
> > @@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ module_pci_driver(pwm_lpss_driver_pci);
> >  
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PWM PCI driver for Intel LPSS");
> >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > +MODULE_IMPORT_NS(PWM_LPSS);
> 
> Each user of the lpss.h header needs that, right? Then the
> MODULE_IMPORT_NS statement can go into the header, too.

With the same answer as for v1: any user that might include the header for
the sake of data types will get the NS inclusion even if they don't need
that (yes, I don't think it's practical, but slightly better to make sure
that if one uses an API, one adds necessary NS inclusions; also note that
in case of stale header inclusion this again might bring unnecessary NS,
while the header should be removed -- with that being said, I think we
might need some kind of extended includecheck to see if the APIs and data
structures are actually used when a certain header is included).

> Even without this change:
> 
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko