linux-kernel - Re: [3/3] 2.6.23-rc2: known regressions v2

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Message-ID: <20070813183503.GA18722@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:35:03 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [3/3] 2.6.23-rc2: known regressions v2

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > >
> > > The patch changes the warning to a different warning, it's now
> > > kernel/power/Kconfig:79:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'PM_SLEEP_SMP' refers to undefined symbol 'HOTPLUG_CPU'

So we have something like this for ppc:

config PM_SLEEP_SMP
	bool "bla bla"
	select HOTPLUG_CPU

As it is not in my -linus tree it has been added by the referanced patch
in the text I zapped.

The warning is generated _independently_ of the actual configuration.
All it says is that the symbol PM_SLEEP_SMP has a seelct statement
for an unknown symbol - unknown for this architecture at least.

Grepping will reveal that HOTPLUG_CPU is not present for ppc and
the easiet fix here seems to just add it like in the following:

diff --git a/arch/ppc/Kconfig b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
index 6bdeeb7..e7bcd57 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
        default y
        depends on BUG

+config HOTPLUG_CPU
+       bool
+       default n
+
 source "init/Kconfig"

 menu "Processor"

[cut'n'paste so whitespace damaged...]
This will silence the warning...

Now as PM_SLEEP_SMP requires HOTPLUG_CPU there most be done
something else to prevent this config symbol to be selected
otherwise we would end up with a kernel that has HOTPLUG_CPU
defined even it is not supported.

	Sam
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