linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: pl111: add CONFIG_VEXPRESS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 21:03:30 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: pl111: add CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG dependency

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:50 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 05:47:21PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:52 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Arnd.
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 03:31:42PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > The vexpress_config code fails to link in some configurations:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.o: in function `pl111_versatile_init':
> > > > (.text+0x1f0): undefined reference to `devm_regmap_init_vexpress_config'
> > > >
> > > > Add a dependency that links to this only if the dependency is there,
> > > > and prevent the configuration where the drm driver is built-in but
> > > > the config is a loadable module.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 826fc86b5903 ("drm: pl111: Move VExpress setup into versatile init")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > >
> > > Could this be another way to fix it:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
> > > index 64f01a4e6767..1c38d3bd2e84 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
> > > @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int pl111_vexpress_clcd_init(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
> > >         u32 val;
> > >         int ret;
> > >
> > > -       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG))
> > > +       if (!IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG))
> > >                 return -ENODEV;
> > >
> > >         /*
> > >
> > >
> > > Then we no longer have the whole driver depending on
> > > the value of VEXPRESS_CONFIG.
> > > Not that I like IS_REACHABLE() but we already had
> > > IS_ENABLED() to cover up here, and that was not enough.
> > >
> > > With your patch would we then need the IS_ENABLED()
> > > check?
> >
> > The IS_ENABLED() check is what I'm adding, not removing. I'd still
> > the Kconfig dependency combined with that check over
> > IS_REACHABLE(), which is more likely to silently not work.
>
> Then the now redundant IS_ENABLED() check should go.
> With you patch it looks like this:
>
>         ...
>         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG) && ...)
>                 pl111_vexpress_clcd_init()
>
>
> And in pl111_vexpress_clcd_init() we have:
>
> {
>         if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG))
>                 return -ENODEV;
>
> The IS_ENABLED() in pl111_vexpress_clcd_init() is redundant
> and the patch should drop it.

Ah I see your point now, sorry I missed the double IS_ENABLED()
check at first. I'll remove the second one from my patch and
resubmit after some more build testing then.

        Arnd