linux-kernel - [PATCH] ACPI: Fix build errors due objects compiled unconditionally

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:35:02 -0300
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix build errors due objects compiled unconditionally

If the CONFIG_ACPI Kconfig symbol is not enabled and a partial build is
attempted, compile errors will happen due missing types and identifiers.

This can be easily reproduced with the following commands:

$ export CROSS_COMPILE="arm-linux-gnueabihf-" ARCH=arm
$ make allmodconfig
$ make M=drivers/acpi/
  CC      drivers/acpi//tables.o
drivers/acpi//tables.c:235:3: warning: 'struct acpi_subtable_proc' declared inside parameter list
   unsigned int max_entries)
   ^
drivers/acpi//tables.c:235:3: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
drivers/acpi//tables.c: In function 'acpi_parse_entries_array':
drivers/acpi//tables.c:269:4: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct acpi_subtable_proc'
...
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target 'drivers/acpi//tables.o' failed
make[1]: *** [drivers/acpi//tables.o] Error 1
Makefile:1401: recipe for target '_module_drivers/acpi/' failed
make: *** [_module_drivers/acpi/] Error 2

This is because objects are tried to be built unconditionally even when
CONFIG_ACPI is not enabled. This is usually not a problem since arches'
Kconfig sources drivers/acpi/Kconfig directly and also selects ACPI but
the Makefile should conditionally build the objects as well to prevent
these build errors.

Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

---
Hello,

I posted this patch first as an RFC more than a month ago [0]
and got no feedback, so I'm resending without the RFC tag.

[0]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/12/859

Best regards,
Javier

 drivers/acpi/Makefile | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
index 675eaf337178..73ec23ca7db1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG)	+= -DACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 #
 # ACPI Boot-Time Table Parsing
 #
-obj-y				+= tables.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)		+= tables.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= blacklist.o

 #
 # ACPI Core Subsystem (Interpreter)
 #
-obj-y				+= acpi.o \
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)		+= acpi.o \
 					acpica/

 # All the builtin files are in the "acpi." module_param namespace.
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_FAN)		+= fan.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO)	+= video.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT)	+= pci_slot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR)	+= processor.o
-obj-y				+= container.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)		+= container.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL)	+= thermal.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NFIT)		+= nfit.o
-obj-y				+= acpi_memhotplug.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)		+= acpi_memhotplug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_IOAPIC) += ioapic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY)	+= battery.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SBS)		+= sbshc.o
-- 
2.4.3

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/