[PATCH -next v2] ia64: make IA64_MCA_RECOVERY bool instead of tristate

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jan 24 2022 - 19:18:44 EST


In linux-next, IA64_MCA_RECOVERY uses the (new) function make_task_dead(),
which is not exported for use by modules. Instead of exporting it for
one user, convert IA64_MCA_RECOVERY to be a bool Kconfig symbol.

In a config file from "kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>" for a
different problem, this linker error was exposed when
CONFIG_IA64_MCA_RECOVERY=m.

Fixes this build error:

ERROR: modpost: "make_task_dead" [arch/ia64/kernel/mca_recovery.ko] undefined!

Fixes: 0e25498f8cd4 ("exit: Add and use make_task_dead.")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 was [PATCH -next] exit: export make_task_dead().
Christoph suggests and prefers that IA64 MCA recovery code just be
forced to be builtin if it is enabled.

arch/ia64/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20220121.orig/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ linux-next-20220121/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
depends on PROC_KCORE

config IA64_MCA_RECOVERY
- tristate "MCA recovery from errors other than TLB."
+ bool "MCA recovery from errors other than TLB."

config IA64_PALINFO
tristate "/proc/pal support"