Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the pwm tree

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 04:30:50 EST


On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 04:58:05PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the backlight tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) failed like this:
>
> drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c: In function 'mp3309c_bl_update_status':
> drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c:134:23: error: implicit declaration of function 'pwm_apply_state'; did you mean 'pwm_apply_args'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> 134 | ret = pwm_apply_state(chip->pwmd, &pwmstate);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | pwm_apply_args
>
> Caused by commit
>
> c748a6d77c06 ("pwm: Rename pwm_apply_state() to pwm_apply_might_sleep()")
>
> interacting with commit
>
> 2e914516a58c ("backlight: mp3309c: Add support for MPS MP3309C")
>
> from the backlight tree.
>
> I have appplied the following merge fix patch.
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:13:37 +1100
> Subject: [PATCH] fix up for "backlight: mp3309c: Add support for MPS MP3309C"
>
> from the backlight tree interacting with commit
>
> c748a6d77c06 ("pwm: Rename pwm_apply_state() to pwm_apply_might_sleep()")
>
> from the pwm tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c b/drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c
> index 34d71259fac1..b0d9aef6942b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/mp3309c.c
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int mp3309c_bl_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl)
> chip->pdata->levels[brightness],
> chip->pdata->levels[chip->pdata->max_brightness]);
> pwmstate.enabled = true;
> - ret = pwm_apply_state(chip->pwmd, &pwmstate);
> + ret = pwm_apply_might_sleep(chip->pwmd, &pwmstate);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int mp3309c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> chip->pdata->default_brightness,
> chip->pdata->max_brightness);
> pwmstate.enabled = true;
> - ret = pwm_apply_state(chip->pwmd, &pwmstate);
> + ret = pwm_apply_might_sleep(chip->pwmd, &pwmstate);
> if (ret)
> return dev_err_probe(chip->dev, ret,
> "error setting pwm device\n");

Hi Lee,

We could exchange stable tags to make this work, but given that people
(myself included) are getting into holiday mode I'm inclined to just add
a pwm_apply_state() compatibility inline for now and then we can address
this in the new year or for the next cycle. What do you think?

Thierry

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