linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: ufs: Fix RPMB link error by reversing Kconfig dependencies

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Message-Id: <c8656f51-a683-4943-ae6e-d310217897a9@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:57:20 +0100
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Bean Huo" <beanhuo@...pp.de>, "Avri Altman" <avri.altman@....com>,
 avri.altman@...disk.com, "Bart Van Assche" <bvanassche@....org>,
 "Alim Akhtar" <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
 "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
 "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, can.guo@....qualcomm.com,
 "Ulf Hansson" <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, "Bean Huo" <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
 "Jens Wiklander" <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 "kernel test robot" <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: ufs: Fix RPMB link error by reversing Kconfig
 dependencies

On Tue, Dec 2, 2025, at 16:51, Bean Huo wrote:
> From: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>
>
> When CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD=y and CONFIG_RPMB=m, the kernel fails to link
> with undefined references to ufs_rpmb_probe() and ufs_rpmb_remove():
>
> ld: drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c:8950: undefined reference to `ufs_rpmb_probe'
> ld: drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c:10505: undefined reference to `ufs_rpmb_remove'
>
> The issue is that RPMB depends on its consumers (MMC, UFS) in Kconfig, which
> is backwards. This prevents proper module dependency handling when the library
> is modular but consumers are built-in.
>
> Fix by reversing the dependency:
> - Remove 'depends on MMC || SCSI_UFSHCD' from RPMB Kconfig
> - Add 'depends on RPMB || !RPMB' to SCSI_UFSHCD Kconfig
>
> This allows RPMB to be an independent library while ensuring correct
> linking in all module/built-in combinations.
>
> Fixes: b06b8c421485 ("scsi: ufs: core: Add OP-TEE based RPMB driver for 
> UFS devices")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Closes: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511300443.h7sotuL0-lkp@intel.com/
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
> Cc: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>

Looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>