linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] powerpc/legacy_serial: Handle SERIAL_8250

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Message-ID: <aa8fecb1-d5e7-c7c6-a8ad-789fc0627e57@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:03:42 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Liang He <windhl@....com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] powerpc/legacy_serial: Handle SERIAL_8250_FSL=n
 build failures



On 6/9/23 06:39, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> With SERIAL_8250=y and SERIAL_8250_FSL_CONSOLE=n the both
> IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) and IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250)
> evaluate to true and so fsl8250_handle_irq() is used. However this
> function is only available if CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y (and thus
> SERIAL_8250_FSL=y).
> 
> To prepare SERIAL_8250_FSL becoming tristate and being enabled in more
> cases, check for IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_FSL) before making use
> of fsl8250_handle_irq(). This check is correct with and without the
> change to make SERIAL_8250_FSL modular.
> 
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Fixes: 66eff0ef528b ("powerpc/legacy_serial: Warn about 8250 devices operated without active FSL workarounds")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> # build-tested

Thanks.

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
> index fdbd85aafeb1..6ee65741dbd5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/legacy_serial.c
> @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static void __init fixup_port_irq(int index,
>  
>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) &&
>  	    of_device_is_compatible(np, "fsl,ns16550")) {
> -		if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250)) {
> +		if (IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_FSL)) {
>  			port->handle_irq = fsl8250_handle_irq;
>  			port->has_sysrq = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE);
>  		} else {

-- 
~Randy