linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] memory: mtk-smi: Switch MTK

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Message-ID: <1611569460.5302.7.camel@mhfsdcap03>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:11:00 +0800
From:   Yong Wu <yong.wu@...iatek.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
CC:     Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...gle.com>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <srv_heupstream@...iatek.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <youlin.pei@...iatek.com>,
        Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@...omium.org>,
        <anan.sun@...iatek.com>, <yi.kuo@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] memory: mtk-smi: Switch MTK_SMI to tristate

On Mon, 2021-01-25 at 09:44 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:49:44PM +0800, Yong Wu wrote:
> > On Fri, 2021-01-22 at 22:35 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 02:24:29PM +0800, Yong Wu wrote:
> > > > This patch switches MTK_SMI to tristate. Support it could be 'm'.
> > > > 
> > > > Meanwhile, Fix a build issue while MTK_SMI is built as module.
> > > 
> > > s/Fix/fix.
> > > 
> > > What error is being fixed here? How can I reproduce it? Aren't you just
> > > adjusting it to being buildable by module?
> > 
> > Sorry, I didn't copy the fail log here. This is the build log:
> > 
> > In file included from .../drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu.c:34:0:
> > .../drivers/iommu/mtk_iommu.h:84:28: error: array type has incomplete
> > element type 'struct mtk_smi_larb_iommu'
> >   struct mtk_smi_larb_iommu larb_imu[MTK_LARB_NR_MAX];
> > 
> > Our iommu driver will use this structure. but it was contained by
> > "#ifdef CONFIG_MTK_SMI". thus I change it to "#if
> > IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTK_SMI)"
> > 
> > If reproducing it, we should change mtk-iommu to module_init[1]. and
> > switch kconfig MTK_IOMMU to tristate, then change the CONFIG_MTK_IOMMU
> > to m. we could get the fail log.
> > 
> > In this case, Should I squash this change into this patch? I though this
> > is a preparing patch and the fail is caused by MTK_SMI. thus I squash
> > that into this patch. or change it as a independent patch and send when
> > I change MTK_IOMMU to tristate?
> 
> If I understand correctly, there is no error before this patch. In such
> case just don't mention the error to fix, because it is simply part of
> making things modular.

Yes. No error before this patch.

Appreciate for your help. I will remove this in the comment message in
the next version.

> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>