netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] ptp_pch: Switch to use module_pci

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Date:   Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:29:02 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] ptp_pch: Switch to use
 module_pci_driver() macro

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 11:23:12AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:39:14 +0300 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 06:13:21PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 10:34:17PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:

> > > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Definitely I have compiled it in my local branch. I'll check what is the root
> > > cause of this.
> > 
> > Kconfig misses PCI dependency. I will send a separate patch, there is nothing
> > to do here.
> 
> That patch has to be before this one, tho. There is a static inline
> stub for pci_register_driver() etc. if !PCI, but there isn't for
> module_pci_driver(), meaning in builds without PCI this driver used
> to be harmlessly pointless, now it's breaking build.
> 
> Am I missing something?

Because the PCI dependency has been restored, can we now apply this series?

FYI, It was also reported that without PCI dependency and even w/o this path
the build can be broken on some architectures due to other reasons (PCI_IOBASE
is one of them IIRC).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko