RE: [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-edma: avoid linking both modules

[Peng Fan]

> Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-edma: avoid linking both modules
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Kbuild does not support having a source file compiled multiple times and
> linked into distinct modules, or built-in and modular at the same time. For fs-
> edma, there are two common components that are linked into the fsl-
> edma.ko for Arm and PowerPC, plus the mcf-edma.ko module on Coldfire.
> This violates the rule for compile-testing:
>
> scripts/Makefile.build:236: drivers/dma/Makefile: fsl-edma-common.o is
> added to multiple modules: fsl-edma mcf-edma
> scripts/Makefile.build:236: drivers/dma/Makefile: fsl-edma-trace.o is added
> to multiple modules: fsl-edma mcf-edma
>
> I tried splitting out the common parts into a separate modules, but that adds
> back the complexity that a cleanup patch removed, and it gets harder with
> the addition of the tracepoints.
>
> As a minimal workaround, address it at the Kconfig level, by disallowing the
> broken configurations.
>
> Link:
> https://lore.ke/
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> Fixes: 66aac8ea0a6c ("dmaengine: fsl-edma: clean up EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> in fsl-edma-common.c")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig index
> 965fa49668ff..b3873d01a2ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
> @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ config LS2X_APB_DMA
>
>  config MCF_EDMA
>       tristate "Freescale eDMA engine support, ColdFire mcf5441x SoCs"
> -     depends on M5441x || COMPILE_TEST
> +     depends on M5441x || (COMPILE_TEST && FSL_EDMA=n)
>       select DMA_ENGINE
>       select DMA_VIRTUAL_CHANNELS
>       help
> --
> 2.39.2