linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: aspeed: fix build module error

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Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:21:03 -0700
From:   Dhananjay Phadke <dphadke@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Neal Liu <neal_liu@...eedtech.com>
Cc:     BMC-SW <BMC-SW@...eedtech.com>, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: aspeed: fix build module error

On 9/16/2022 3:42 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>> Does this still build if both HASH and CRYPTO are off?
>>>
>>> I think this it's best if you do:
>>>
>>> hace-hash-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED_HACE_HASH) :=
>>> aspeed-hace-hash.o
>>> hace-crypto-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED_HACE_CRYPTO) :=
>>> aspeed-hace-crypto.o
>>>
>>> obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_ASPEED) += aspeed_crypto.o
>>> aspeed_crypto-objs := aspeed-hace.o	\
>>> 		      $(hace-hash-y)	\
>>> 		      $(hace-crypto-y)
>>>
>> aspeed-hace.o effects only if either hace-hash-y or hace-crypto-y.
>> If we put aspeed-hace.o in aspeed_crypto-objs, but hace-hash-y and hace-crypto-y are empty, apseed-hace.o is just an useless driver which might still occupy system resources.
> Apparently it doesn't build after all, at least not on m68k.
> 
> So please either adopt my suggestion above, or come up with another
> way of preventing the build failure on m68k with both HASH and CRYPTO
> disabled.

Curious why compiled on m68k? It's embedded controller in ARM based
Aspeed SoCs. And there's "depends on ARCH_ASPEED" in Kconfig, need
some additional dependencies?

Regards,
Dhananjay