Re: drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios-smm.c:99: undefined reference to `dcdbas_smi_request'

[Randy Dunlap]

On 05/12/2018 12:15 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 11:51:02AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 05/12/2018 11:32 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 05:28:05PM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
>>>> Hi Mario,
>>>>
>>>> FYI, the error/warning still remains.
>>>>
>>>> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
>>>> head:   f0ab773f5c96c29a5227234c4b5a820f5591b74d
>>>> commit: 25d47027e1003546bfd8964b4423cb39bc2d53e9 platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together
>>>> date:   9 weeks ago
>>>> config: x86_64-randconfig-s5-05121617 (attached as .config)
>>>> compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-16) 7.3.0
>>>> reproduce:
>>>>         git checkout 25d47027e1003546bfd8964b4423cb39bc2d53e9
>>>
>>> This failure:
>>>
>>> $ zcat config.gz | grep DCDBAS
>>> CONFIG_DCDBAS=m            <----------
>>>
>>> $ zcat config.gz | grep SMBIOS
>>> CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS=y       <----------
>>> ddCONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI=y
>>> CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM=y   <----------
>>>
>>> Is no longer possible as of:
>>>
>>> cc69c88 platform/x86: dell-smbios: Resolve dependency error on DCDBAS
>>>
>>> +#
>>> +# If the DELL_SMBIOS_SMM feature is enabled, the DELL_SMBIOS driver
>>> +# becomes dependent on the DCDBAS driver. The "depends" line prevents a
>>> +# configuration where DELL_SMBIOS=y while DCDBAS=m.
>>> +#
>>>  config DELL_SMBIOS
>>>         tristate "Dell SMBIOS driver"
>>> +       depends on DCDBAS || DCDBAS=n
>>>
>>
>> and but yet, in linux-4.17-rc4, with this posted config file (after
>> using:  yes '' |make oldconfig), we can see:
>>
>> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for DELL_SMBIOS
>>   Depends on [m]: X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=y] && (DCDBAS [=m] || DCDBAS [=m]=n) && (ACPI_WMI [=y] || ACPI_WMI [=y]=n)
>>   Selected by [y]:
>>   - DELL_WMI [=y] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=y] && ACPI_WMI [=y] && DMI [=y] && INPUT [=y] && (ACPI_VIDEO [=y] || ACPI_VIDEO [=y]=n)
>>
>> CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS=y
>> CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI=y
>> CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM=y
>> # CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP is not set
>> CONFIG_DELL_WMI=y
> 
> Ugh. It must be this straggler then:
> 
> config DELL_WMI
> 	...
> 	select DELL_SMBIOS
> 
> which will set DELL_SMBIOS to y and ignore the dependencies.
> 
> The only other DELL related select in the Kconfig is DELL_WMI_DESCRIPTOR which
> doesn't have a prompt, but does depend on ACPI_WMI. It is only selected from
> configs which already depend on ACPI_WMI.
> 
> So the immediate fix appears to be:
> 
> 
> From bf88bc78d5bb1f03a1b99b110b71af8443692df0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> Message-Id: <bf88bc78d5bb1f03a1b99b110b71af8443692df0.1526152324.git.dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 12:10:07 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: DELL_WMI use depends on instead of select for
>  DELL_SMBIOS
> 
> If DELL_WMI "select"s DELL_SMBIOS, the DELL_SMBIOS dependencies are
> ignored and it is still possible to end up with unmet direct
> dependencies.
> 
> Change the select to a depends on.
> 
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I was looking nearby...

Yes, this fixes the build error and the kconfig unmet dependencies.

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index bc309c5..566644b 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ config DELL_WMI
>  	depends on DMI
>  	depends on INPUT
>  	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
> +	depends on DELL_SMBIOS
>  	select DELL_WMI_DESCRIPTOR
> -	select DELL_SMBIOS
>  	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
>  	---help---
>  	  Say Y here if you want to support WMI-based hotkeys on Dell laptops.
> 


-- 
~Randy