Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the pm tree

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Feb 15 2021 - 05:25:48 EST


On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 2:45 AM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the pm tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> produced this warning:
>
> In file included from drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_output.c:28:
> arch/x86/include/asm/intel_scu_ipc.h:23:12: warning: 'struct module' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
> 23 | struct module *owner);
> | ^~~~~~
> arch/x86/include/asm/intel_scu_ipc.h:33:17: warning: 'struct module' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
> 33 | struct module *owner);
> | ^~~~~~
>
> Introduced by commit
>
> bfc838f8598e ("drm/gma500: Convert to use new SCU IPC API")
>
> OK, these will go away when the drm-misc tree removes this file in commit
>
> e1da811218d2 ("drm/gma500: Remove Medfield support")
>
> So, if you don't want to see these warnings in Linus' build testing,
> you need to make sure that the drm-misc tree is merged before the pm
> tree (or the drivers-x86 tree). Or you need to include module.h in
> mdfld_output.c before intel_scu_ipc.h (or in intel_scu_ipc.h itself).

Thanks for the report.
I guess the DRM tree should carry this burden, or they can merge the
immutable tag themselves.

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko