[PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Jonathan Denose]

Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
we implement a permanent solution.

---
Recently the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC Kconfig option was reported as causing
the following build errors:

  MODPOST Module.symvers
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_init" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_increase" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_check_pressure_unit" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_configured" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_feature_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_reset" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
make[3]: *** [/home/thl/var/linux.dev/scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1

when the kernel is compiled with the following configuration:

CONFIG_HID=y
CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH=m
CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC=m

To resolve this, temporarily change the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC option to be
bool, until we arrive at a permanent solution to enable CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC
to be tristate.

For a more detailed discussion, see [1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/auypydfkhx2eg7vp764way4batdilzc35inqda3exwzs3tk3ff@oagat6g46zto/

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
---
 drivers/hid/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
index 5341aa79f387bd0e5a76266b5928d2c978dd81cf..04420a713be085c8871b4d35255fde4cafd8de0f 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ config HID_GENERIC
 	If unsure, say Y.
 
 config HID_HAPTIC
-	tristate "Haptic touchpad support"
+	bool "Haptic touchpad support"
 	default n
 	help
 	Support for touchpads with force sensors and haptic actuators instead of a

---
base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
change-id: 20251013-hid-haptic-kconfig-fix-634df2bdac1d

Best regards,
-- 
Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Kuan-Wei Chiu]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:54:57PM +0000, Jonathan Denose wrote:
> Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
> we implement a permanent solution.
> 
> ---

The "---" line here will cause many tools used for applying patches,
like git am, to discard the content below it [1].

Please don't add this line unless you don't want the following content
to appear in the commit message.

[1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary

Regards,
Kuan-Wei

> Recently the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC Kconfig option was reported as causing
> the following build errors:
> 
>   MODPOST Module.symvers
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_init" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_increase" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_check_pressure_unit" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_configured" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_feature_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_reset" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> make[3]: *** [/home/thl/var/linux.dev/scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1
> 
> when the kernel is compiled with the following configuration:
> 
> CONFIG_HID=y
> CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH=m
> CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC=m
> 
> To resolve this, temporarily change the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC option to be
> bool, until we arrive at a permanent solution to enable CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC
> to be tristate.
> 
> For a more detailed discussion, see [1].
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/auypydfkhx2eg7vp764way4batdilzc35inqda3exwzs3tk3ff@oagat6g46zto/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> index 5341aa79f387bd0e5a76266b5928d2c978dd81cf..04420a713be085c8871b4d35255fde4cafd8de0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ config HID_GENERIC
>  	If unsure, say Y.
>  
>  config HID_HAPTIC
> -	tristate "Haptic touchpad support"
> +	bool "Haptic touchpad support"
>  	default n
>  	help
>  	Support for touchpads with force sensors and haptic actuators instead of a
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
> change-id: 20251013-hid-haptic-kconfig-fix-634df2bdac1d
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
> 

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Jonathan Denose]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:54:57PM +0000, Jonathan Denose wrote:
> > Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
> > we implement a permanent solution.
> >
> > ---
>
> The "---" line here will cause many tools used for applying patches,
> like git am, to discard the content below it [1].
>
> Please don't add this line unless you don't want the following content
> to appear in the commit message.
>
> [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary
>
> Regards,
> Kuan-Wei

Yes, that was intentional, the information below the '---' was
included as additional information and not for the commit message. The
error messages were too long, as was the link to the longer
discussion, and this caused errors in checkpatch.pl.

> > Recently the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC Kconfig option was reported as causing
> > the following build errors:
> >
> >   MODPOST Module.symvers
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_init" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_increase" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_check_pressure_unit" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_configured" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_feature_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_reset" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > make[3]: *** [/home/thl/var/linux.dev/scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1
> >
> > when the kernel is compiled with the following configuration:
> >
> > CONFIG_HID=y
> > CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH=m
> > CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC=m
> >
> > To resolve this, temporarily change the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC option to be
> > bool, until we arrive at a permanent solution to enable CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC
> > to be tristate.
> >
> > For a more detailed discussion, see [1].
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/auypydfkhx2eg7vp764way4batdilzc35inqda3exwzs3tk3ff@oagat6g46zto/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hid/Kconfig | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> > index 5341aa79f387bd0e5a76266b5928d2c978dd81cf..04420a713be085c8871b4d35255fde4cafd8de0f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
> > @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ config HID_GENERIC
> >       If unsure, say Y.
> >
> >  config HID_HAPTIC
> > -     tristate "Haptic touchpad support"
> > +     bool "Haptic touchpad support"
> >       default n
> >       help
> >       Support for touchpads with force sensors and haptic actuators instead of a
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
> > change-id: 20251013-hid-haptic-kconfig-fix-634df2bdac1d
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
> >
-- 
Jonathan

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Kuan-Wei Chiu]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 04:23:36PM -0500, Jonathan Denose wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:54:57PM +0000, Jonathan Denose wrote:
> > > Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
> > > we implement a permanent solution.
> > >
> > > ---
> >
> > The "---" line here will cause many tools used for applying patches,
> > like git am, to discard the content below it [1].
> >
> > Please don't add this line unless you don't want the following content
> > to appear in the commit message.
> >
> > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kuan-Wei
> 
> Yes, that was intentional, the information below the '---' was
> included as additional information and not for the commit message. The
> error messages were too long, as was the link to the longer
> discussion, and this caused errors in checkpatch.pl.
> 

Then at least your Signed-off-by tag needs to be above the --- line?

Regards,
Kuan-Wei

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/13/25 2:29 PM, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 04:23:36PM -0500, Jonathan Denose wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:54:57PM +0000, Jonathan Denose wrote:
>>>> Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
>>>> we implement a permanent solution.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> The "---" line here will cause many tools used for applying patches,
>>> like git am, to discard the content below it [1].
>>>
>>> Please don't add this line unless you don't want the following content
>>> to appear in the commit message.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Kuan-Wei
>>
>> Yes, that was intentional, the information below the '---' was
>> included as additional information and not for the commit message. The
>> error messages were too long, as was the link to the longer
>> discussion, and this caused errors in checkpatch.pl.
>>

checkpatch is just a dumb script. Don't let it determine what goes
into a patch description. It can (easily) be wrong.

> Then at least your Signed-off-by tag needs to be above the --- line?

Right.

-- 
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 10/13/25 23:23, Jonathan Denose wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 08:54:57PM +0000, Jonathan Denose wrote:
>>> Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
>>> we implement a permanent solution.
>>>
>>> ---
>>
>> The "---" line here will cause many tools used for applying patches,
>> like git am, to discard the content below it [1].
>>
>> Please don't add this line unless you don't want the following content
>> to appear in the commit message.
>>
>> [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.17/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kuan-Wei
> 
> Yes, that was intentional, the information below the '---' was
> included as additional information and not for the commit message. 
But at least some of it should be in there (and likely all of it,
despite what checkpatch says) to make the commit-msg properly work
stand-alone. Especially Link: or Closes: tags to the reports (and I
don't care, but ideally with a preceding Reported-by: tag mentioning the
reporters) should be in there.
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst and
Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst explain this in more details.

Ciao, Thorsten

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Jiri Kosina]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Jonathan Denose wrote:

> Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
> we implement a permanent solution.
> 
> ---
> Recently the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC Kconfig option was reported as causing
> the following build errors:
> 
>   MODPOST Module.symvers
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_init" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_increase" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_check_pressure_unit" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_configured" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_feature_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_reset" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> make[3]: *** [/home/thl/var/linux.dev/scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1
> 
> when the kernel is compiled with the following configuration:
> 
> CONFIG_HID=y
> CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH=m
> CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC=m
> 
> To resolve this, temporarily change the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC option to be
> bool, until we arrive at a permanent solution to enable CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC
> to be tristate.
> 
> For a more detailed discussion, see [1].
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/auypydfkhx2eg7vp764way4batdilzc35inqda3exwzs3tk3ff@oagat6g46zto/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>

I've moved this whole block above the --- line and applied.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

Re: [PATCH] HID: Kconfig: Fix build error from CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC

[Jonathan Denose]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, Jonathan Denose wrote:
>
> > Temporarily change CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC to be bool instead of tristate, until
> > we implement a permanent solution.
> >
> > ---
> > Recently the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC Kconfig option was reported as causing
> > the following build errors:
> >
> >   MODPOST Module.symvers
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_init" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_increase" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_check_pressure_unit" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_configured" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_input_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_feature_mapping" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "hid_haptic_pressure_reset" [drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko] undefined!
> > make[3]: *** [/home/thl/var/linux.dev/scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1
> >
> > when the kernel is compiled with the following configuration:
> >
> > CONFIG_HID=y
> > CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH=m
> > CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC=m
> >
> > To resolve this, temporarily change the CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC option to be
> > bool, until we arrive at a permanent solution to enable CONFIG_HID_HAPTIC
> > to be tristate.
> >
> > For a more detailed discussion, see [1].
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/auypydfkhx2eg7vp764way4batdilzc35inqda3exwzs3tk3ff@oagat6g46zto/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Denose <jdenose@google.com>
>
> I've moved this whole block above the --- line and applied.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
>
Ok, I understand now. Thank you all for the feedback and fixing/applying.
--
Jonathan