Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the gpio tree

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Apr 01 2020 - 03:49:15 EST


Hi Stephen, LinusW,

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 6:21 AM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:14:32 +1100
> Subject: [PATCH] gpio: export of_pinctrl_get to modules
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which I assume is a quick build fix.
I see LinusW has already applied it...

> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct pinctrl_dev *of_pinctrl_get(struct device_node *np)
> {
> return get_pinctrl_dev_from_of_node(np);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_pinctrl_get);
>
> static int dt_to_map_one_config(struct pinctrl *p,
> struct pinctrl_dev *hog_pctldev,

As exporting symbols has its (space) cost, and of_pinctrl_get() is a tiny
function, what about making it an inline function in
include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h instead?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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