netdev - Re: [PATCH] crypto: Rename struct device_private to bcm_device

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jan 2021 10:49:18 +0000
From:   Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Rename struct device_private to
 bcm_device_private

On 01/05/21 00:02, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Renaming 'struct device_private' to 'struct bcm_device_private',
> because it clashes with 'struct device_private' from
> 'drivers/base/base.h'.
> 
> While it's not a functional problem, it's causing two distinct
> type hierarchies in BTF data. It also breaks build with options:
>   CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=y
>   CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_BCM_SPU=y
> 
> as reported by Qais Yousef [1].
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201229151352.6hzmjvu3qh6p2qgg@e107158-lin/
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/cipher.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/cipher.h | 4 ++--
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/util.c   | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

FWIW, I did reproduce this on v5.9 and v5.10 kernels too, worth adding a fixes
tag for stable to pick it up? v5.8 built fine when I tried.

Anyway, the patch looks good to me, thanks for the fix!

Tested-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>

Cheers

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Qais Yousef