linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: always provide debugfs function prototypes

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Message-ID: <20130622105424.GA16861@manwe>
Date:	Sat, 22 Jun 2013 12:54:25 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ben Gamari <bgamari@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: always provide debugfs function prototypes

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:38:16AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> It is generally considered bad style to enclose function prototypes
> in header files in #ifdef. This case illustrates why that is:
> The tegra host1x driver calls into the debugfs functions if
> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled, but that code is otherwise already
> discarded by the compiler, so leaving the prototype in place
> actually makes everything work.
> 
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c: In function 'tegra_dc_debugfs_init':
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c:1004:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'drm_debugfs_create_files' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c: In function 'tegra_dc_debugfs_exit': drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c:1026:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'drm_debugfs_remove_files' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Ben Gamari <bgamari@...il.com>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
> 
> diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
> index 63d17ee..8bc105e 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drmP.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ extern int drm_proc_init(struct drm_minor *minor, struct proc_dir_entry *root);
>  extern int drm_proc_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor, struct proc_dir_entry *root);
>  
>  				/* Debugfs support */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
> +

I don't know what good the blank line does here, but apart from that
this patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>

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