Re: [PATCH v3] firmware: coreboot: Don't register a pdev if screen_info data is present

[Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>]

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> writes:

Hello Thomas and Tzung-Bi,

> Hi
>
> Am 15.09.24 um 09:44 schrieb kernel test robot:
>> Hi Javier,
>>
>> kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
>>
>> [auto build test ERROR on chrome-platform/for-next]
>> [also build test ERROR on chrome-platform/for-firmware-next linus/master v6.11-rc7 next-20240913]
>> [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/Javier-Martinez-Canillas/firmware-coreboot-Don-t-register-a-pdev-if-screen_info-data-is-present/20240914-053323
>> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chrome-platform/linux.git for-next
>> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240913213246.1549213-1-javierm%40redhat.com
>> patch subject: [PATCH v3] firmware: coreboot: Don't register a pdev if screen_info data is present
>> config: riscv-randconfig-001-20240915 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240915/202409151528.CIWZRPBq-lkp@intel.com/config)
>> compiler: clang version 15.0.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 8dfdcc7b7bf66834a761bd8de445840ef68e4d1a)
>> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240915/202409151528.CIWZRPBq-lkp@intel.com/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@intel.com>
>> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202409151528.CIWZRPBq-lkp@intel.com/
>>
>> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>>
>>>> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: screen_info
>>     >>> referenced by framebuffer-coreboot.c:27 (drivers/firmware/google/framebuffer-coreboot.c:27)
>>     >>>               drivers/firmware/google/framebuffer-coreboot.o:(framebuffer_probe) in archive vmlinux.a
>>     >>> referenced by framebuffer-coreboot.c:27 (drivers/firmware/google/framebuffer-coreboot.c:27)
>>     >>>               drivers/firmware/google/framebuffer-coreboot.o:(framebuffer_probe) in archive vmlinux.a
>
> Not all platforms define screen_info. Maybe fix this by following

Yes, after reading the build errors reported by the robot I remembered
that we had similar issues with sysfb, for example commit 1260b9a7020
("drivers/firmware: fix SYSFB depends to prevent build failures") fixed
one of those.

> Tzung-Bi's advice of removing the local variables and then guard the
> test by CONFIG_SYSFB. If SYSFB has been defined, screen_info has to be 
> there. It's not a super pretty solution, though.
>

If possible I would prefer to avoid the ifdefery in the driver. I also
believe that the local variables makes the code easier to read. But if
you folks think that's better to drop them, I can do it in the next rev.

Another option is to restrict the architectures where this driver could
be build. As far as I understand it is mainly for x86 and ARM64 arches.

These two have a screen_info defined so the driver will build correctly.
I can include a preparatory patch that adds a "depends on x86 || ARM64".

> Best regards
> Thomas
>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat