drm/xe: Linker errors on configfs symbols

drm/xe: Linker errors on configfs symbols

[Dave Hansen]

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With a stock 6.17-rc7 and this config:

	https://hansen.beer/~dave/intel/config.xe.20250924

I'm seeing:

ld: vmlinux.o: in function `check_sw_disable':
.../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine.c:812: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_get_engines_allowed'
ld: vmlinux.o: in function `xe_survivability_mode_is_requested':
.../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c:228: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_get_survivability_mode'
ld: .../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c:233: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_clear_survivability_mode'
ld: vmlinux.o: in function `BSWAP_SHUFB_CTL':
sha1-avx2-asm.o:(.rodata+0x57def0): undefined reference to `xe_configfs_init'
ld: sha1-avx2-asm.o:(.rodata+0x57def8): undefined reference to `xe_configfs_exit'
vmlinux.o:(.debug_info+0x3176eb6): relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_32 against `.debug_loclists'

I'm compiling the 'xe' driver in to the kernel and I've got configfs compiled in as a module, which is (I suspect) the reason this slipped through the cracks until now.

In any case, I don't see any Kconfig dependencies for configfs in the xe code. The attached patch at least hacks around the issue for me.

Is there a better way of fixing this?

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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index 714d5702dfd7..d04547fc5311 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config DRM_XE
 	select AUXILIARY_BUS
 	select HMM_MIRROR
 	select REGMAP if I2C
+	select CONFIGFS_FS
 	help
 	  Driver for Intel Xe2 series GPUs and later. Experimental support
 	  for Xe series is also available.

Re: drm/xe: Linker errors on configfs symbols

[Lucas De Marchi]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 03:19:22PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>With a stock 6.17-rc7 and this config:
>
>	https://hansen.beer/~dave/intel/config.xe.20250924
>
>I'm seeing:
>
>ld: vmlinux.o: in function `check_sw_disable':
>.../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine.c:812: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_get_engines_allowed'
>ld: vmlinux.o: in function `xe_survivability_mode_is_requested':
>.../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c:228: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_get_survivability_mode'
>ld: .../linux.runme/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c:233: undefined reference to `xe_configfs_clear_survivability_mode'
>ld: vmlinux.o: in function `BSWAP_SHUFB_CTL':
>sha1-avx2-asm.o:(.rodata+0x57def0): undefined reference to `xe_configfs_init'
>ld: sha1-avx2-asm.o:(.rodata+0x57def8): undefined reference to `xe_configfs_exit'
>vmlinux.o:(.debug_info+0x3176eb6): relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_32 against `.debug_loclists'
>
>I'm compiling the 'xe' driver in to the kernel and I've got configfs compiled in as a module, which is (I suspect) the reason this slipped through the cracks until now.

yep, usually we have xe as a module, in which case we just rely on the
stub configfs functions.

>
>In any case, I don't see any Kconfig dependencies for configfs in the xe code. The attached patch at least hacks around the issue for me.
>
>Is there a better way of fixing this?

>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
>index 714d5702dfd7..d04547fc5311 100644
>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
>@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config DRM_XE
> 	select AUXILIARY_BUS
> 	select HMM_MIRROR
> 	select REGMAP if I2C
>+	select CONFIGFS_FS

Maybe it'd be better to have it like this so it's still possible to
remove it?

config DRM_XE_CONFIGFS
	depends on DRM_XE
	depends on CONFIGFS_FS

Lucas De Marchi

> 	help
> 	  Driver for Intel Xe2 series GPUs and later. Experimental support
> 	  for Xe series is also available.