linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] accel: fix CONFIG

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:53:28 +0200
From:   Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, Melissa Wen <mwen@...lia.com>,
        Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] accel: fix CONFIG_DRM dependencies

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 12:15 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> At the moment, accel drivers can be built-in even with CONFIG_DRM=m,
> but this causes a link failure:
>
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_dev_init':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1535): undefined reference to `drmm_kmalloc'
> x86_64-linux-ld: ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1562): undefined reference to `drmm_kmalloc'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_remove':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1faa): undefined reference to `drm_dev_unregister'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_probe':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1fef): undefined reference to `__devm_drm_dev_alloc'
>
> The problem is that DRM_ACCEL is a 'bool' symbol symbol, so driver that
> only depend on DRM_ACCEL but not also on DRM do not see the restriction
> to =m configs.
>
> To ensure that each accel driver has an implied dependency on CONFIG_DRM,
> enclose the entire Kconfig file in an if/endif check.
>
> Fixes: 8bf4889762a8 ("drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a new major")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> v2: rearrage the DRM dependency rather than requiring DRM to be built-in
> ---
>  drivers/accel/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/accel/Kconfig b/drivers/accel/Kconfig
> index 834863902e16..c437206aa3f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/accel/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/accel/Kconfig
> @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
>  # as, but not limited to, Machine-Learning and Deep-Learning acceleration
>  # devices
>  #
> +if DRM
> +
>  menuconfig DRM_ACCEL
>         bool "Compute Acceleration Framework"
> -       depends on DRM
>         help
>           Framework for device drivers of compute acceleration devices, such
>           as, but not limited to, Machine-Learning and Deep-Learning
> @@ -25,3 +26,5 @@ menuconfig DRM_ACCEL
>
>  source "drivers/accel/habanalabs/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/accel/ivpu/Kconfig"
> +
> +endif
> --
> 2.39.0
>
This patch is:
Reviewed-by: Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>