linux-kernel - Re: [v5,1/5] soc: qcom: smem_state: Fix include for ERR

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Message-ID: <874m2otenv.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2016 05:13:41 +0000
From:   "Valo, Kalle" <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
CC:     "k.eugene.e@...il.com" <k.eugene.e@...il.com>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        "wcn36xx@...ts.infradead.org" <wcn36xx@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v5,1/5] soc: qcom: smem_state: Fix include for ERR_PTR()

Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com> writes:

> "Valo, Kalle" <kvalo@....qualcomm.com> writes:
>
>> Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed 16 Nov 10:49 PST 2016, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>> > The correct include file for getting errno constants and ERR_PTR() is
>>>> > linux/err.h, rather than linux/errno.h, so fix the include.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Fixes: e8b123e60084 ("soc: qcom: smem_state: Add stubs for disabled smem_state")
>>>> > Acked-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>
>>>> > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
>>>> 
>>>> For some reason this fails to compile now. Can you take a look, please?
>>>> 
>>>> ERROR: "qcom_wcnss_open_channel" [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.ko] undefined!
>>>> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
>>>> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>>>> 
>>>> 5 patches set to Changes Requested.
>>>> 
>>>> 9429045 [v5,1/5] soc: qcom: smem_state: Fix include for ERR_PTR()
>>>> 9429047 [v5,2/5] wcn36xx: Transition driver to SMD client
>>>
>>> This patch was updated with the necessary depends in Kconfig to catch
>>> this exact issue and when I pull in your .config (which has QCOM_SMD=n,
>>> QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL=n and WCN36XX=y) I can build this just fine.
>>>
>>> I've tested the various combinations and it seems to work fine. Do you
>>> have any other patches in your tree?
>>
>> This was with the pending branch of my ath.git tree. There are other
>> wireless patches (ath10k etc) but I would guess they don't affect here.
>>
>>> Any stale objects?
>>
>> Not sure what you mean with this question, but I didn't run 'make clean'
>> if that's what you are asking.
>>
>>> Would you mind retesting this, before I invest more time in trying to
>>> reproduce the issue you're seeing?
>>
>> Sure, I'll take a look but that might take few days.
>
> I didn't find enough time to look at this in detail. I applied this to
> my ath.git pending branch, let's see what the kbuild bot finds.

It found the same problem. Interestingly I'm also building x86 with 32
bit, maybe it's related?

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git pending
head:   1ea16a1c457939b4564643f7637d5cc639a8d3b7
commit: 5eb09c672b01460804fd49b1c9cc7d1072a102f0 [96/99] wcn36xx: Transition driver to SMD client
config: i386-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.2.0-3) 6.2.0 20160901
reproduce:
        git checkout 5eb09c672b01460804fd49b1c9cc7d1072a102f0
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=i386 

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> ERROR: "qcom_wcnss_open_channel" [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.ko] undefined!

-- 
Kalle Valo