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Message-ID: <4D6C370F.1040104@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:00:15 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
Luming Yu <luming.yu@...el.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH upstream build breakage] acpi: several drivers depend
on NET
On 02/28/11 14:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, February 28, 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Monday, February 28, 2011, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:03:23 +0100 Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:00:13 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [The mirroring on kernel.org is running slowly]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Changes since 20101217:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ERROR: "thermal_cooling_device_register" [drivers/acpi/video.ko] undefined!
>>>>>> ERROR: "thermal_cooling_device_unregister" [drivers/acpi/video.ko] undefined!
>>>>>
>>>>> This bug has been reported two months ago, one month ago, it has been ignored twice
>>>>> and now the bug has been pushed upstream and it's triggering there as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> What's going on?
>>>>
>>>> *Tap*, *tap*, is this thing on? :)
>>>>
>>>> acpi-video is still build-broken upstream, as of .38-rc3:
>>>>
>>>> MODPOST 651 modules
>>>> ERROR: "thermal_cooling_device_register" [drivers/acpi/video.ko] undefined!
>>>> ERROR: "thermal_cooling_device_unregister" [drivers/acpi/video.ko] undefined!
>>>> WARNING: modpost: Found 37 section mismatch(es).
>>>> To see full details build your kernel with:
>>>> 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
>>>> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
>>>> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>>>>
>>>> Triggers in about 10% of all randconfig builds. Config attached.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>>>
>>> Several ACPI drivers select THERMAL, but THERMAL depends on NET
>>> (for netlink). Fix build breakage by making the ACPI drivers
>>> also depend on NET.
>>
>> Well, making ACPI_FAN depend on NET seems to be a kind of an overstretch to me.
>> A proper fix would be to disable the netlink interface in THERMAL when
>> NET is unset, I guess. I'll see what can be done to that end (although I had
>> hoped that the people who introduced the breakage would handle it).
>
> OK, please check if the appended patch helps. Admittedly, I only built it
> with CONFIG_NET set, so caveat emptor.
Looks good, built both with NET=y and NET disabled.
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Thanks.
> Thanks,
> Rafael
>
>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/Kconfig | 1 -
> drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> include/linux/thermal.h | 8 ++++++++
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
> @@ -62,20 +62,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(thermal_list_lock);
>
> static unsigned int thermal_event_seqnum;
>
> -static struct genl_family thermal_event_genl_family = {
> - .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE,
> - .name = THERMAL_GENL_FAMILY_NAME,
> - .version = THERMAL_GENL_VERSION,
> - .maxattr = THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_MAX,
> -};
> -
> -static struct genl_multicast_group thermal_event_mcgrp = {
> - .name = THERMAL_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME,
> -};
> -
> -static int genetlink_init(void);
> -static void genetlink_exit(void);
> -
> static int get_idr(struct idr *idr, struct mutex *lock, int *id)
> {
> int err;
> @@ -1225,6 +1211,18 @@ void thermal_zone_device_unregister(stru
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(thermal_zone_device_unregister);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NET
> +static struct genl_family thermal_event_genl_family = {
> + .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE,
> + .name = THERMAL_GENL_FAMILY_NAME,
> + .version = THERMAL_GENL_VERSION,
> + .maxattr = THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_MAX,
> +};
> +
> +static struct genl_multicast_group thermal_event_mcgrp = {
> + .name = THERMAL_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME,
> +};
> +
> int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
> {
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> @@ -1301,6 +1299,15 @@ static int genetlink_init(void)
> return result;
> }
>
> +static void genetlink_exit(void)
> +{
> + genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
> +}
> +#else /* !CONFIG_NET */
> +static inline int genetlink_init(void) { return 0; }
> +static inline void genetlink_exit(void) {}
> +#endif /* !CONFIG_NET */
> +
> static int __init thermal_init(void)
> {
> int result = 0;
> @@ -1316,11 +1323,6 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)
> return result;
> }
>
> -static void genetlink_exit(void)
> -{
> - genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
> -}
> -
> static void __exit thermal_exit(void)
> {
> class_unregister(&thermal_class);
> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/thermal.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/thermal.h
> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/thermal.h
> @@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ void thermal_zone_device_update(struct t
> struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *, void *,
> const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *);
> void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NET
> extern int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);
> +#else
> +static inline int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +#endif
>
> #endif /* __THERMAL_H__ */
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
> @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
>
> menuconfig THERMAL
> tristate "Generic Thermal sysfs driver"
> - depends on NET
> help
> Generic Thermal Sysfs driver offers a generic mechanism for
> thermal management. Usually it's made up of one or more thermal
--
~Randy
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