Re: [PATCH] arm: Test for CONFIG_USE_OF to handle the USE_OF=n/OF=y case

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Rob,

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:45 AM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Until commit 0166dc11be911213 ("of: make CONFIG_OF user selectable"),
>> CONFIG_OF=y implied CONFIG_USE_OF=y on ARM, as the former could solely
>> be enabled by being selected by the latter.
>
> Arnd sent a similar fix[1] which I prefer.

Fine for me.

>> However, if the user now manually enables CONFIG_OF=y while
>> CONFIG_USE_OF=n:
>>
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c: In function 'setup_machine_fdt':
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:215:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'early_init_dt_verify' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>       if (!dt_phys || !early_init_dt_verify(phys_to_virt(dt_phys)))
>>       ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:218:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_flat_dt_match_machine' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>       mdesc = of_flat_dt_match_machine(mdesc_best, arch_get_next_mach);
>>       ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:218:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>>       mdesc = of_flat_dt_match_machine(mdesc_best, arch_get_next_mach);
>>             ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:228:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_get_flat_dt_root' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>        dt_root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
>>        ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:229:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_get_flat_dt_prop' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>        prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dt_root, "compatible", &size);
>>        ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:229:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
>>        prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dt_root, "compatible", &size);
>>             ^
>>     arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c:244:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'early_init_dt_scan_nodes' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>       early_init_dt_scan_nodes();
>>       ^
>>
>> and
>>
>>     arch/arm/kernel/built-in.o: In function `setup_arch':
>>     arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:940: undefined reference to `setup_machine_fdt'
>>     arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:979: undefined reference to `arm_dt_init_cpu_maps'
>>
>> Replace tests for CONFIG_OF by tests for CONFIG_USE_OF where appropriate
>> to fix this.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Cfr. http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/12531538/
>>
>> I only fixed the particular issue with the randconfig from the build
>> above.  Are there more tests for CONFIG_OF that should be converted to
>> CONFIG_USE_OF?
>
> I'd rather move toward removing USE_OF and having arches select if
> they use EARLY_FLATTREE.
>
> Rob
>
> [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-October/376484.html

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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