linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] drm/rcar: stop using 'imply' for dependencies

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:51:09 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] drm/rcar: stop using 'imply' for dependencies

On 9/27/21 7:26 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> The meaning of the 'imply' keyword has changed recently, and neither the
> old meaning (select the symbol if its dependencies are met) nor the new
> meaning (enable it by default, but let the user set any other setting)
> is what we want here.
> 
> Work around this by adding two more Kconfig options that lead to
> the correct behavior: if DRM_RCAR_USE_CMM and DRM_RCAR_USE_LVDS
> are enabled, that portion of the driver becomes usable, and no
> configuration results in a link error.
> 
> This avoids a link failure:
> 
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.o: in function `rcar_du_crtc_atomic_begin':
> rcar_du_crtc.c:(.text+0x1444): undefined reference to `rcar_cmm_setup'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.o: in function `rcar_du_crtc_atomic_enable':
> rcar_du_crtc.c:(.text+0x14d4): undefined reference to `rcar_cmm_enable'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: rcar_du_crtc.c:(.text+0x1548): undefined reference to `rcar_cmm_setup'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.o: in function `rcar_du_crtc_atomic_disable':
> rcar_du_crtc.c:(.text+0x18b8): undefined reference to `rcar_cmm_disable'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.o: in function `rcar_du_modeset_init':
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200417155553.675905-5-arnd@arndb.de/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> This was last posted as part of a longer series to rework the
> DRM dependencies in a more logical way. The rest of the series
> is still open, but this one is needed as a bug fix regardless of
> the rest.
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

Yes Yes Yes.

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy