Re: [PATCH] ARM: b.L: fix unmet dependency for CPU_PM

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Thu Nov 13 2014 - 12:48:53 EST


On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:44:22PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014, Pankaj Dubey wrote:
>
> > If BL_SWITCHER is enabled but SUSPEND and CPU_IDLE is not enabled
> > we are getting following config warning.
> >
> > warning: (BL_SWITCHER) selects CPU_PM which has unmet direct
> > dependencies (SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE)
> >
> > So BL_SWITCHER should enable CPU_PM only if either of SUSPEND or
> > CPU_IDLE is selected.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > index 9d580d0..fe3d969 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > @@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ config BL_SWITCHER
> > bool "big.LITTLE switcher support"
> > depends on BIG_LITTLE && MCPM && HOTPLUG_CPU
> > select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND
> > - select CPU_PM
> > + select CPU_PM if (SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE)
>
> NAK. You just broke the code by doing this. CPU_PM is a requirement
> here. The dependencies for CPU_PM is lacking.

Is there any real technical reason that CPU_PM depends on SUSPEND ||
CPU_IDLE ? If not, those dependencies should be killed.

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