Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_hub6: Fix double definition for hub6_match_port()

[Hugo Villeneuve]

Hi Uwe,

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:18:47 +0200
Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 10:07:08AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> > Hi Uwe,
> > 
> > On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:31:31 +0200
> > Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 10:08:12AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> > > > With CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6 configured as module
> > > > (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6=m) the cpp symbol CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6 isn't
> > > > defined (only CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6_MODULE is). In this case
> > > > hub6_match_port() is defined in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h as static
> > > > inline and in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hub6.c as normal function.
> > > > 
> > > > Use IS_ENABLED() to also handle the modular case correctly.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 3d406299d882 ("serial: 8250_hub6: add hub6_match_port()")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h | 2 +-
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> > > > index 9d1068d0489d..fb9a7117d145 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
> > > > @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int fintek_8250_probe(struct uart_8250_port *uart);
> > > >  static inline int fintek_8250_probe(struct uart_8250_port *uart) { return 0; }
> > > >  #endif
> > > >  
> > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6
> > > > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6)
> > > >  bool hub6_match_port(const struct uart_port *port1, const struct uart_port *port2);
> > > >  #else
> > > >  static inline bool hub6_match_port(const struct uart_port *port1, const struct uart_port *port2)
> > > > 
> > > > base-commit: 0718283ab28bc3907e10b61a6b4be6fefa1cbb2f
> > > 
> > > There is an earlier fix already at
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260715153707.4181828-1-hugo@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > 
> > > It's a bit different, but essentially equivalent. So please stick to
> > > that older patch.
> > 
> > They are not essentially equivalent. If 
> > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y and CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HUB6=m, and using
> > IS_ENABLED() gives this linker error:
> > 
> > ld: vmlinux.o: in function `uart_match_port':
> > (.text+0x723aac): undefined reference to `hub6_match_port'
> > 
> > Using IS_REACHABLE() fixes this.
> 
> Oh, I read too quickly over the dependencies, I thought
> SERIAL_8250_HUB6's
> 
> 	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
> 
> would prevent that. With this configuration and IS_REACHABLE I wonder if
> it's an issue that hub6_match_port() returns false in
> drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c.

I forgot to mention that I temporary removed ISA in Kconfig to be able
to build and test it...

Hugo.

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Hugo Villeneuve