linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vc04_services: merge vchiq_kern_lib.c into vchiq

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Date:   Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:35:01 +0100 (CET)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yamanappagouda Patil <goudapatilk@...il.com>,
        Mikhail Shvetsov <lameli67@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Michael Zoran <mzoran@...wfest.net>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>, phil@...pberrypi.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vc04_services: merge vchiq_kern_lib.c into
 vchiq_arm.c

> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> hat am 2. Februar 2018 um 16:01 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> There are two incompatible definitions of 'vchiq_instance_struct', so
> passing them through vchiq_initialise(), vchiq_connect() or another
> such interface is broken, as shown by building the driver with link-time
> optimizations:
> 
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_if.h:129:0: error: type of 'vchiq_initialise' does not match original declaration [-Werror=lto-type-mismatch]
>  extern VCHIQ_STATUS_T vchiq_initialise(VCHIQ_INSTANCE_T *pinstance);
> 
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_kern_lib.c:68:0: note: 'vchiq_initialise' was previously declared here
>  VCHIQ_STATUS_T vchiq_initialise(VCHIQ_INSTANCE_T *instance_out)
> 
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_kern_lib.c:68:0: note: code may be misoptimized unless -fno-strict-aliasing is used
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_if.h:131:0: error: type of 'vchiq_connect' does not match original declaration [-Werror=lto-type-mismatch]
>  extern VCHIQ_STATUS_T vchiq_connect(VCHIQ_INSTANCE_T instance);
> 
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_kern_lib.c:168:0: note: 'vchiq_connect' was previously declared here
>  VCHIQ_STATUS_T vchiq_connect(VCHIQ_INSTANCE_T instance)
> 
> It's possible that only one of the two sides actually access the members,
> but it's clear that they need to agree on the layout. The easiest way
> to achieve this appears to be to merge the two files into one. I tried
> moving the structure definition into a shared header first, but ended
> up running into too many interdependencies that way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>