Re: [PATCH v5] staging: fbtft: use dev_of_fbinfo() instead of info->dev

From: kernel test robot

Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 05:06:17 EST


Hi Chintan,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on staging/staging-testing]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Chintan-Patel/staging-fbtft-use-dev_of_fbinfo-instead-of-info-dev/20260112-091221
base: staging/staging-testing
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260112010740.186248-1-chintanlike%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH v5] staging: fbtft: use dev_of_fbinfo() instead of info->dev
config: x86_64-randconfig-005-20260112 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260112/202601121705.2kgxpvsS-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
rustc: rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260112/202601121705.2kgxpvsS-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202601121705.2kgxpvsS-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:367:23: error: call to undeclared function 'dev_of_fbinfo'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
367 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(info);
| ^
>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:367:17: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion initializing 'struct device *' with an expression of type 'int' [-Wint-conversion]
367 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(info);
| ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:393:23: error: call to undeclared function 'dev_of_fbinfo'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
393 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(info);
| ^
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:393:17: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion initializing 'struct device *' with an expression of type 'int' [-Wint-conversion]
393 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(info);
| ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:744:23: error: call to undeclared function 'dev_of_fbinfo'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
744 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(fb_info);
| ^
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c:744:17: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion initializing 'struct device *' with an expression of type 'int' [-Wint-conversion]
744 | struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(fb_info);
| ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6 errors generated.


vim +/dev_of_fbinfo +367 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c

360
361 static int fbtft_fb_setcolreg(unsigned int regno, unsigned int red,
362 unsigned int green, unsigned int blue,
363 unsigned int transp, struct fb_info *info)
364 {
365 unsigned int val;
366 int ret = 1;
> 367 struct device *dev = dev_of_fbinfo(info);
368
369 dev_dbg(dev,
370 "%s(regno=%u, red=0x%X, green=0x%X, blue=0x%X, trans=0x%X)\n",
371 __func__, regno, red, green, blue, transp);
372
373 switch (info->fix.visual) {
374 case FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR:
375 if (regno < 16) {
376 u32 *pal = info->pseudo_palette;
377
378 val = chan_to_field(red, &info->var.red);
379 val |= chan_to_field(green, &info->var.green);
380 val |= chan_to_field(blue, &info->var.blue);
381
382 pal[regno] = val;
383 ret = 0;
384 }
385 break;
386 }
387 return ret;
388 }
389

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