linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 0/2] Fix symbol export for _SIMPLE_ variants of _PM

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Message-ID: <ZQGcss2G0hSAM5OR@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:27:46 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@...el.com>
Cc:     rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, len.brown@...el.com, pavel@....cz,
        Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com, paul@...pouillou.net,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@...el.com, bala.senthil@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 0/2] Fix symbol export for _SIMPLE_ variants of _PM_OPS()

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 01:10:30PM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> Currently EXPORT_*_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS() use EXPORT_*_DEV_PM_OPS() set of
> macros to export dev_pm_ops symbol, which export the symbol in case
> CONFIG_PM=y but don't take CONFIG_PM_SLEEP into consideration.
> 
> Since _SIMPLE_ variants of _PM_OPS() do not include runtime PM handles
> and are only used in case CONFIG_PM_SLEEP=y, we should not be exporting
> dev_pm_ops symbol for them in case CONFIG_PM_SLEEP=n.
> 
> This can be fixed by having two distinct set of export macros for both
> _RUNTIME_ and _SIMPLE_ variants of _PM_OPS(), such that the export of
> dev_pm_ops symbol used in each variant depends on CONFIG_PM and
> CONFIG_PM_SLEEP respectively.

>From my point of view this cleans up a bit the initial idea and
maybe a good stuff to apply. But I leave this to the maintainers
and Paul to decide.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko