From: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.ibm.com>
To: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>,
James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, mkp@kernel.org
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
pavrampu@linux.ibm.com, brking@linux.ibm.com,
davemarq@linux.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: Add Kconfig dependency to fix link failure when NVME_FC=m
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:57:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ae274c2b-cc1a-414b-8e79-41eb7c68a596@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903074329.6705-1-venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
On 9/3/26 12:43 AM, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> Building with CONFIG_SCSI_IBMVFC=y and CONFIG_NVME_FC=m results in a
> link failure:
>
> ibmvfc-nvme.o: undefined reference to `nvme_fc_register_localport'
> ibmvfc-nvme.o: undefined reference to `nvme_fc_register_remoteport'
> ibmvfc-nvme.o: undefined reference to `nvme_fc_unregister_localport'
> ibmvfc-nvme.o: undefined reference to `nvme_fc_unregister_remoteport'
> ibmvfc-core.o: undefined reference to `nvme_fc_rescan_remoteport'
>
> IS_ENABLED() evaluates to 1 for both =y and =m, so the nvme_fc_*
> call sites are kept in the object file. When SCSI_IBMVFC=y (built-in)
> but NVME_FC=m (loadable module), the linker cannot resolve these
> symbols at vmlinux link time.
>
> Add the same "depends on NVME_FC || NVME_FC=n" constraint already
> used by SCSI_LPFC to prevent this configuration.
>
> Reported-by: Pavithra <pavrampu@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/327877a29337aa526cc50ac88fbddb86@linux.ibm.com/
> Signed-off-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 7:43 [PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: Add Kconfig dependency to fix link failure when NVME_FC=m Venkat Rao Bagalkote
2026-09-03 11:06 ` pavrampu
2026-09-03 16:57 ` Tyrel Datwyler [this message]
2026-09-17 2:28 ` Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
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