Re: linux-next: Tree for May 27 (drivers/platform/x86/amd/amd_isp4.c)

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, 27 May 2025, Nirujogi, Pratap wrote:
> On 5/27/2025 3:43 PM, Hans de Goede wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 27-May-25 8:56 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 5/27/25 3:32 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > Changes since 20250526:
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > on x86_64, when
> > > # CONFIG_MODULES is not set
> > > 
> > > ../drivers/platform/x86/amd/amd_isp4.c: In function 'is_isp_i2c_adapter':
> > > ../drivers/platform/x86/amd/amd_isp4.c:154:35: error: invalid use of
> > > undefined type 'struct module'
> > >    154 |         return !strcmp(adap->owner->name,
> > > "i2c_designware_amdisp");
> > >        |                                   ^~
> > 
> > Hmm, this should not check the owner->name at all.
> > 
> > Instead the i2c_designware_amdisp should set adap->name to something
> > unique and then this should check adap->name.
> > 
> I noticed the unique name set to "adap->name" in i2c_designware_amdisp is
> getting overwritten to the generic "Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter" name in
> i2c_dw_probe_master().
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c#L1046
> 
> Inorder to use unique name to detect the specific adapter without making
> changes in i2c-designware-master.c, I used adap->owner->name.
> 
> Since it is causing build issues when CONFIG_MODULES is not set, can I make a
> change in i2c-designware-master.c to initialize the generic "Synopsys
> DesignWare I2C adapter" name only when adap->name is NULL. This way I should
> be able to pass the unique name from i2c_designware_amdisp module.

How can you check that, it's char name[48]; not a pointer???

> Please suggest if this approach is okay?


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