Re: [PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] ptp_pch: Switch to use module_pci_driver() macro

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:23 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:39:14 +0300 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 06:13:21PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 10:34:17PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > > Hi Andy,
> > > >
> > > > I love your patch! Yet something to improve:
> > > >
> > > > [auto build test ERROR on net-next/master]
> > > >
> > > > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Andy-Shevchenko/ptp_pch-use-mac_pton/20210813-203135
> > > > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git b769cf44ed55f4b277b89cf53df6092f0c9082d0
> > > > config: nios2-randconfig-r023-20210813 (attached as .config)
> > > > compiler: nios2-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
> > > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> > > >         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/6c1fff5c80fe8f1a12c20bac2d28ebfa5960bde7
> > > >         git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
> > > >         git fetch --no-tags linux-review Andy-Shevchenko/ptp_pch-use-mac_pton/20210813-203135
> > > >         git checkout 6c1fff5c80fe8f1a12c20bac2d28ebfa5960bde7
> > > >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> > > >         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross ARCH=nios2
> > > >
> > > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Definitely I have compiled it in my local branch. I'll check what is the root
> > > cause of this.
> >
> > Kconfig misses PCI dependency. I will send a separate patch, there is nothing
> > to do here.
>
> That patch has to be before this one, tho.

Yes, I have sent it as a fix to the net, this series is to the
net-next. Am I missing something in the process here? Because I have
been told a few times that I mustn't collect net and net-next patches
in one series in the usual cases.

> There is a static inline
> stub for pci_register_driver() etc. if !PCI, but there isn't for
> module_pci_driver(), meaning in builds without PCI this driver used
> to be harmlessly pointless, now it's breaking build.

> Am I missing something?
>
> Adding Bjorn in case he has a preference on adding the dependency vs
> stubbing out module_pci_driver().

I went all the same way but I have checked SPI and I²C how they are
doing. It seems the common practice is to use direct dependency.
Nevertheless, the stubs in PCI puzzled me a bit, why do we have them
in the first place?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko