From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Ortiz Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: fix modular builds of rc5t583 regulator support Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:26:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20120416192641.GB24130@sortiz-mobl> References: <1334549301-32114-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <4F8BC20A.2090105@nvidia.com> <4F8C28C5.9070308@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:7458 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754126Ab2DPTRs (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:17:48 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F8C28C5.9070308@windriver.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: Laxman Dewangan , "broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-next@vger.kernel.org" Hi Paul, Laxman, On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:12:21AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > On 12-04-16 02:54 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote: > > On Monday 16 April 2012 09:38 AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > >> The combination of commit 1b1247dd75aa5cf5fae54a3bec7280046e9c7957 > >> > >> "mfd: Add support for RICOH PMIC RC5T583" > >> > >> and commit 6ffc3270210efa2bea526953a142ffc908f5bd86 > >> > >> "regulator: Add support for RICOH PMIC RC5T583 regulator" > >> > >> are causing the i386 allmodconfig builds to fail with this: > >> > >> ERROR: "rc5t583_update" [drivers/regulator/rc5t583-regulator.ko] undefined! > >> ERROR: "rc5t583_set_bits" [drivers/regulator/rc5t583-regulator.ko] undefined! > >> ERROR: "rc5t583_clear_bits" [drivers/regulator/rc5t583-regulator.ko] undefined! > >> ERROR: "rc5t583_read" [drivers/regulator/rc5t583-regulator.ko] undefined! > >> > >> and this: > >> > >> ERROR: "rc5t583_ext_power_req_config" [drivers/regulator/rc5t583-regulator.ko] undefined! > >> > >> For the 1st four, make the simple ops static inline, instead of > >> polluting the namespace with trivial exports. For the last one, > >> add an EXPORT_SYMBOL. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker > >> --- > >> > >> [ alternately, make REGULATOR_RC5T583 bool instead of tristate? ] > > > > Why not export all require symbol from mfd core. > > I am sending the patch to exporting all required apis. Please review. > > As I said in the commit log, it doesn't seem to make sense to export > them when they are trivial enough to be static inline, since it > avoids having them pollute the /proc/kallsyms namespace. I'm applying Paul's patch to my for-linus branch, thanks guys. Cheers, Samuel. -- Intel Open Source Technology Centre http://oss.intel.com/