Re: [PATCH] ACPI: PRM: Fix missing guid_t declaration in linux/prmt.h
From: Robert Richter
Date: Thu Jan 09 2025 - 06:43:32 EST
Yazen,
On 08.01.25 10:10:37, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 05:19:22PM +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> > Seen the following build error:
> >
> > ./include/linux/prmt.h:5:27: error: unknown type name ‘guid_t’
> > 5 | int acpi_call_prm_handler(guid_t handler_guid, void *param_buffer);
> > | ^~~~~~
> >
> > The include file uses guid_t but it is not declared. Include
> > linux/uuid.h to fix this.
> >
> > Cc: Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/prmt.h | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/prmt.h b/include/linux/prmt.h
> > index 9c094294403f..c53ab287e932 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/prmt.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/prmt.h
> > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
> > /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> >
> > +#include <linux/uuid.h>
> > +
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PRMT
> > void init_prmt(void);
> > int acpi_call_prm_handler(guid_t handler_guid, void *param_buffer);
> > --
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> This looks correct. But can you please share how you've encountered the
> issue?
sure, I have used it here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250107141015.3367194-26-rrichter@xxxxxxx/
I just included linux/prmt.h to get the declaration of
acpi_call_prm_handler() without anything else. I assume other users of
linux/prmt.h indirectly include linux/uuid.h with some other include
file.
Thanks for review,
-Robert