linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] drm/display: Select DP helper for DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV and DRM_DP

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-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:55:28 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] drm/display: Select DP helper for DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV and DRM_DP_CEC

The DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV and DRM_DP_CEC Kconfig symbols enable code that use
DP helper functions, that are only present if CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
is also enabled.

But these don't select the DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER symbol, meaning that it
is possible to enable any of them without CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER.

That will lead to the following linking errors with the mentioned config:

  LD      vmlinux.o
  MODPOST vmlinux.symvers
  MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
  GEN     modules.builtin
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1
  KSYMS   .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1.S
  AS      .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1.S
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2
  KSYMS   .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2.S
  AS      .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2.S
  LD      vmlinux
  SYSMAP  System.map
  SORTTAB vmlinux
  OBJCOPY arch/arm64/boot/Image
  MODPOST modules-only.symvers
ERROR: modpost: "drm_dp_dpcd_write" [drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_display_helper.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "drm_dp_read_desc" [drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_display_helper.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "drm_dp_dpcd_read" [drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_display_helper.ko] undefined!
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:134: modules-only.symvers] Error 1
make[1]: *** Deleting file 'modules-only.symvers'
make: *** [Makefile:1749: modules] Error 2

Note: It seems this has been an issue for a long time but was made easier
to reproduce after the commit 1e0f66420b13 ("drm/display: Introduce a DRM
display-helper module"). Adding a Fixes: tag just to make sure that this
fix will be picked for stable once the mentioned change also lands there.

Fixes: 1e0f66420b13 ("drm/display: Introduce a DRM display-helper module")
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
---

Changes in v2:
- Explain better the issue in the change description.
- Only select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER and not DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER.

 drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
index f84f1b0cd23f..9fe80c4e555c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ config DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 config DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV
 	bool "DRM DP AUX Interface"
 	depends on DRM
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  Choose this option to enable a /dev/drm_dp_auxN node that allows to
 	  read and write values to arbitrary DPCD registers on the DP aux
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ config DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV
 config DRM_DP_CEC
 	bool "Enable DisplayPort CEC-Tunneling-over-AUX HDMI support"
 	depends on DRM
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select CEC_CORE
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you want to enable HDMI CEC support for
-- 
2.35.1