Re: [PATCH] PCI: export pci_find_host_bridge() to fix MFD build error

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Oct 20 2020 - 12:04:41 EST


On 10/20/20 8:51 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 10/20/20 7:06 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 10/20/20 1:02 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 11:14:53PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> Fix a build error in drivers/mfd/ioc.o by exporting
>>>> pci_find_host_bridge().
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: modpost: "pci_find_host_bridge" [drivers/mfd/ioc3.ko] undefined!
>>>
>>> I think the mfd code should be fixed to not depend on such an internal
>>> symbol instead.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for commenting. and I am not surprised.
>>
>> Adding Cc: for Thomas and Lee.
>
> BTW, if someone wants to use the MFD ioc3 driver now,
> without any source code patches, they can just build it in
> (SGI_MFD_IOC3=y) instead of building it as a loadable module.
>
> It builds successfully and can use pci_find_host_bridge().
> pci_find_host_bridge() just isn't exported for loadable modules.
>
> So this could be useful (PCI=y):
>
> config SGI_MFD_IOC3
> tristate "SGI IOC3 core driver"
> depends on PCI=y && MIPS && 64BIT
> select MFD_CORE

Wow. That's not correct at all. Need more coffee.

Just set SGI_MFD_IOC3=y and it will be fine.

--
~Randy