Re: [PATCH v1] hwmon: (yogafan) Massive hardware expansion and structural refactoring

[Guenter Roeck]

On 4/18/26 04:23, Rong Zhang wrote:
> Hi Sergio,
>
> On Sat, 2026-04-18 at 18:31 +0800, Rong Zhang wrote:
> > Hi Sergio,
> >
> > On Sat, 2026-04-18 at 05:37 +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > Hi Sergio,
> > >
> > > kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
> > >
> > > [auto build test ERROR on groeck-staging/hwmon-next]
> > > [also build test ERROR on linus/master next-20260416]
> > > [cannot apply to v7.0]
> > > [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> > > And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> > > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
> > >
> > > url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Sergio-Melas/hwmon-yogafan-Massive-hardware-expansion-and-structural-refactoring/20260417-063319
> > > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon-next
> > > patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260413060931.31091-2-sergiomelas%40gmail.com
> > > patch subject: [PATCH v1] hwmon: (yogafan) Massive hardware expansion and structural refactoring
> > > config: loongarch-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260418/202604180539.EuswNnjG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> > > compiler: clang version 19.1.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project cd708029e0b2869e80abe31ddb175f7c35361f90)
> > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260418/202604180539.EuswNnjG-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/202604180539.EuswNnjG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > >
> > > > > drivers/hwmon/yogafan.c:712:6: error: call to undeclared function 'wmi_has_guid'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
> > >       712 |         if (wmi_has_guid(LENOVO_WMI_OTHER_MODE_GUID) ||
> > >           |             ^
> > >     1 error generated.
> >
> > Hmm, that's a bit troublesome. Usually we should have been able to
> > declare `depends on ACPI_WMI if ACPI_WMI' (new syntax since v7.0) or
> > `depends on ACPI_WMI || !ACPI_WMI' as an optional dependency to prevent
> > such an issue, but there is no static inline stubs for !ACPI_WMI...
> >
> > I'd suggest declaring `select ACPI_WMI if ACPI && X86' in Kconfig as
> > some drm drivers do, at least for the time being.
>
> Of course you'll still need to guard the wmi_has_guid() checks behind
> `#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_WMI'. Just forgot to mention that.
>
> Hmm, in this way `depends on ACPI_WMI if ACPI_WMI' should also be OK...

I don't know is this is a misspelling, but `depends on ACPI_WMI if ACPI_WMI'
doesn't make any sense.

Guenter