linux-kernel - Re: Kconfig dangling references (BZ 216748)

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Message-ID: <873236c8-4dab-4f1e-a2bf-d233ec74bd49@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 10:39:58 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Paul Kocialkowski <paulk@...-base.io>
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Subject: Re: Kconfig dangling references (BZ 216748)



On 12/8/25 10:13 AM, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> Hi Randy,
> 
> On Sun 07 Dec 25, 18:04, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> from  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216748
>>
>> The bugzilla entry includes a Perl script and a shell script.
>> This is the edited result of running them (I removed some entries that were noise).
> 
> [...]
> 
>> DRM_KMS_DMA_HELPER ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/adp/Kconfig:9:	select DRM_KMS_DMA_HELPER
>> drivers/gpu/drm/logicvc/Kconfig:7:	select DRM_KMS_DMA_HELPER
> 
> For these two, the symbol was removed in commit
> 09717af7d13d63df141ae6e71686289989d17efd but these two drivers either were
> missed by the batch rename or were introduced a bit later.
> 
> Since the symbol selected DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER (which is still needed by the
> drivers), it should be replaced with DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER.
> 
> Are you expecting to craft a patch for fixing this or should I do it myself?

Hi Paul,
Please take care of it yourself.

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy