Re: [PATCH v2 -next] spi: fix spi-sprd-adi build errors when SPI_SPRD_ADI=y and HWSPINLOCK=m

[Randy Dunlap]

On 09/25/17 09:12, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 06:46:46PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 09/22/17 02:26, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>> right thing - if we can use hwspinlocks in a module when they're enabled
>>> I'd expect to be able to build the stubs that way too.
> 
>> Sorry, I'm not understanding what you are trying to say on that one.
> 
>> HWSPINLOCK	SPI_SPRD_ADI
> 
>> but this combo is not allowed (with the patch) or causes build errors
>> (without the patch):
>> 	m		y
> 
> Why is that not just an || COMPILE_TEST dependency then?  The dependency
> you're trying to introduce is weird and confusing, we shouldn't be
> having to do things like that.

It already uses COMPILE_TEST:

config SPI_SPRD_ADI
	tristate "Spreadtrum ADI controller"
	depends on ARCH_SPRD || COMPILE_TEST
	help
	  ADI driver based on SPI for Spreadtrum SoCs.

but that allows build errors when SPI_SPRD_ADI=y and HWSPINLOCK=y.

As for the dependency that I am adding:
+	depends on HWSPINLOCK || HWSPINLOCK=n

that idiom is used over and over again in Kconfig files to prevent this kind of
build problem in loadable modules.


-- 
~Randy