Re: [PATCH] [v2] accel: fix CONFIG_DRM dependencies

[Jeffrey Hugo]

On 1/27/2023 3:14 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> At the moment, accel drivers can be built-in even with CONFIG_DRM=m,
> but this causes a link failure:
>
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_dev_init':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1535): undefined reference to `drmm_kmalloc'
> x86_64-linux-ld: ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1562): undefined reference to `drmm_kmalloc'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_remove':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1faa): undefined reference to `drm_dev_unregister'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.o: in function `ivpu_probe':
> ivpu_drv.c:(.text+0x1fef): undefined reference to `__devm_drm_dev_alloc'
>
> The problem is that DRM_ACCEL is a 'bool' symbol symbol, so driver that
> only depend on DRM_ACCEL but not also on DRM do not see the restriction
> to =m configs.
>
> To ensure that each accel driver has an implied dependency on CONFIG_DRM,
> enclose the entire Kconfig file in an if/endif check.
>
> Fixes: 8bf4889762a8 ("drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a new major")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxx>