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Message-ID: <d6dd3ec8-4614-4c96-0944-5e92a34c0191@windriver.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:26:35 +0800
From:   Liwei Song <liwei.song@...driver.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        David <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: select MAC80211_LEDS conditionally

Hi,

Any suggestion about this patch?

Thanks,
Liwei.

On 6/24/21 19:06, Liwei Song wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/24/21 18:41, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Liwei Song <liwei.song@...driver.com> writes:
>>
>>> MAC80211_LEDS depends on LEDS_CLASS=y or LEDS_CLASS=MAC80211,
>>> add condition to enable it in iwlwifi/Kconfig to avoid below
>>> compile warning when LEDS_CLASS was set to m:
>>>
>>> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for MAC80211_LEDS
>>>   Depends on [n]: NET [=y] && WIRELESS [=y] && MAC80211 [=y] && (LEDS_CLASS [=m]=y || LEDS_CLASS [=m]=MAC80211 [=y])
>>>   Selected by [m]:
>>>   - IWLWIFI_LEDS [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL [=y] && IWLWIFI [=m] && (LEDS_CLASS [=m]=y || LEDS_CLASS [=m]=IWLWIFI [=m]) && (IWLMVM [=m] || IWLDVM [=m])
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Liwei Song <liwei.song@...driver.com>
>>
>> Is this is a new regression or an old bug? What commit caused this?
> 
> It should be exist when the below commit change the dependency of MAC80211_LEDS
> to fix some build error:
> 
> commit b64acb28da8394485f0762e657470c9fc33aca4d
> Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Date:   Mon Jan 25 12:36:42 2021 +0100
> 
>     ath9k: fix build error with LEDS_CLASS=m
>     
>     When CONFIG_ATH9K is built-in but LED support is in a loadable
>     module, both ath9k drivers fails to link:
>     
>     x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.o: in function `ath_deinit_leds':
>     gpio.c:(.text+0x36): undefined reference to `led_classdev_unregister'
>     x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.o: in function `ath_init_leds':
>     gpio.c:(.text+0x179): undefined reference to `led_classdev_register_ext'
>     
>     The problem is that the 'imply' keyword does not enforce any dependency
>     but is only a weak hint to Kconfig to enable another symbol from a
>     defconfig file.
>     
>     Change imply to a 'depends on LEDS_CLASS' that prevents the incorrect
>     configuration but still allows building the driver without LED support.
>     
>     The 'select MAC80211_LEDS' is now ensures that the LED support is
>     actually used if it is present, and the added Kconfig dependency
>     on MAC80211_LEDS ensures that it cannot be enabled manually when it
>     has no effect.
>     
>     Fixes: 197f466e93f5 ("ath9k_htc: Do not select MAC80211_LEDS by default")
>     Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>     Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
>     Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210125113654.2408057-1-arnd@kernel.org
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/Kconfig b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
> index cd9a9bd242ba..51ec8256b7fa 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ config MAC80211_MESH
>  config MAC80211_LEDS
>         bool "Enable LED triggers"
>         depends on MAC80211
> -       depends on LEDS_CLASS
> +       depends on LEDS_CLASS=y || LEDS_CLASS=MAC80211
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Liwei.
> 
> 
>>

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