Re: [PATCH net v4] net: ethernet: ti: Remove TI_CPTS_MOD workaround

[David Miller]

From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:02:30 +0300

> From: Clay McClure <clay@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> My recent commit b6d49cab44b5 ("net: Make PTP-specific drivers depend on
> PTP_1588_CLOCK") exposes a missing dependency in defconfigs that select
> TI_CPTS without selecting PTP_1588_CLOCK, leading to linker errors of the
> form:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.o: in function `cpsw_ndo_stop':
> cpsw.c:(.text+0x680): undefined reference to `cpts_unregister'
>  ...
> 
> That's because TI_CPTS_MOD (which is the symbol gating the _compilation_ of
> cpts.c) now depends on PTP_1588_CLOCK, and so is not enabled in these
> configurations, but TI_CPTS (which is the symbol gating _calls_ to the cpts
> functions) _is_ enabled. So we end up compiling calls to functions that
> don't exist, resulting in the linker errors.
> 
> This patch fixes build errors and restores previous behavior by:
>  - ensure PTP_1588_CLOCK=y in TI specific configs and CPTS will be built
>  - remove TI_CPTS_MOD and, instead, add dependencies from CPTS in
>    TI_CPSW/TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP/TI_CPSW_SWITCHDEV as below:
> 
>    config TI_CPSW_SWITCHDEV
>    ...
>     depends on TI_CPTS || !TI_CPTS
> 
>    which will ensure proper dependencies PTP_1588_CLOCK -> TI_CPTS ->
> TI_CPSW/TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP/TI_CPSW_SWITCHDEV and build type selection.
> 
> Note. For NFS boot + CPTS all of above configs have to be built-in.
> 
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: b6d49cab44b5 ("net: Make PTP-specific drivers depend on PTP_1588_CLOCK")
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Clay McClure <clay@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> [grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx: rewording, add deps cpsw/netcp from cpts, drop IS_REACHABLE]
> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.