linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: fix missing 'host1x_context_device_bus

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Message-ID: <48679d960d98c3134e5a3fcc6c6238c66f0b61af@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:52:51 +0200
From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: simona@...ll.ch, airlied@...il.com, mperttunen@...dia.com,
 thierry.reding@...il.com, Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: fix missing 'host1x_context_device_bus_type'

On Fri, 09 Jan 2026, Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk> wrote:
> The drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c does not include
> any declaration of host1x_context_device_bus_type, and
> after including "context.h" it also showed that there
> are two definitons in the kernel, so fix those two
>
> Change context.h to include the correct definiton of
> host1x_context_device_bus_type by including
> <linux/host1x_context_bus.h> in context.h
>
> Fixes the following sparse warning:
> drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c:9:23: warning: symbol 'host1x_context_device_bus_type' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Fixes: 3d70eb8e60c6d009c988 ("gpu: host1x: Make host1x_context_device_bus_type constant")
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/host1x/context.h     | 3 +--
>  drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/context.h b/drivers/gpu/host1x/context.h
> index 3e03bc1d3bac..5215922905ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/context.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/context.h
> @@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
>  #include <linux/refcount.h>
> +#include <linux/host1x_context_bus.h>
>  
>  struct host1x;
>  
> -extern struct bus_type host1x_context_device_bus_type;
> -
>  struct host1x_memory_context_list {
>  	struct mutex lock;
>  	struct host1x_memory_context *devs;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c
> index 7cd0e1a5edd1..89f61b1f7d33 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/context_bus.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
>  #include <linux/device.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
>  
> +#include "context.h"

Shouldn't this and context.c just include <linux/host1x_context_bus.h>?
context_bus.c doesn't need anything from context.h, and context.h
doesn't really need <linux/host1x_context_bus.h> either.

BR,
Jani.

> +
>  const struct bus_type host1x_context_device_bus_type = {
>  	.name = "host1x-context",
>  };

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel