Cc: gvt list & maintainers
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Jason Gunthorpe <j...@ziepe.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 03:35:33PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
>>
>> The Kconfig dependency is incomplete since DRM_I915_GVT is a 'bool'
>> symbol that depends on the 'tristate' VFIO_MDEV. This allows a
>> configuration with VFIO_MDEV=m, DRM_I915_GVT=y and DRM_I915=y that
>> causes a link failure:
>>
>> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.o: in function
>> `available_instances_show':
>> gvt.c:(.text+0x67a): undefined reference to `mtype_get_parent_dev'
>> x86_64-linux-ld: gvt.c:(.text+0x6a5): undefined reference to
>> `mtype_get_type_group_id'
>> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.o: in function
>> `description_show':
>> gvt.c:(.text+0x76e): undefined reference to `mtype_get_parent_dev'
>> x86_64-linux-ld: gvt.c:(.text+0x799): undefined reference to
>> `mtype_get_type_group_id'
>>
>> Clarify the dependency by specifically disallowing the broken
>> configuration. If VFIO_MDEV is built-in, it will work, but if
>> VFIO_MDEV=m, the i915 driver cannot be built-in here.
>>
>> Fixes: 07e543f4f9d1 ("vfio/gvt: Make DRM_I915_GVT depend on VFIO_MDEV")
>> Fixes: 9169cff168ff ("vfio/mdev: Correct the function signatures for the
>> mdev_type_attributes")
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
>> ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Oh kconfig stuff like this makes my head hurt, thanks for finding it
>
> I also can't see an alternative to this ugly thing, besides having the
> i915 guys properly modularize this code someday
>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <j...@nvidia.com>
>
> Jason
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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