Re: ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: iosf_mbi_available

[Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>]

>>>> diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
>>>> b/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
>>>> index de4e550c5b34..ae67853f7e2e 100644
>>>> --- a/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
>>>> +++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
>>>> @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
>>>>
>>>>  #include <linux/platform_data/x86/soc.h>
>>>>
>>>> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)
>>>> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86) && \
>>>> +       (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_BAYTRAIL) || \
>>>> +        IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SST_ATOM_HIFI2_PLATFORM_ACPI))
>>>>
>>>>  #include <linux/dmi.h>
>>>>  #include <asm/iosf_mbi.h>
>>>>
>>>> also at https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/pull/5114
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it's not enough, either.  It's included in
>>> sound/soc/sof/intel/atom.c, and this one can be built-in by selected
>>> from others while CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_BAYTRAIL=m.  And, the reverse
>>> selection is done from CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_BAYTRAIL -- so
>>> CONFIG_IOSF_MBI can be m as well, and this can lead to the unresolved
>>> symbol from the built-in atom.c.
>>
>> Fair point, I was only looking at the reported failure where Baytrail
>> was completely disabled.
>>
>> I am not sure though if it makes sense to split hair in N dimensions.
>> Building Merrifield as y and Baytrail as m is a corner case that
>> shouldn't exist at all. And it's only an academic compilation issue, in
>> practice using 'y' would fail at run-time due to the usual firmware load
>> dependencies...
> 
> Surely this kind of bug won't hit anyone in practical use, but it's
> only about the randconfig failures.  The original report is in the
> same category, after all.
> 
> Maybe another (rather easier) workaround would be to use
> IS_REACHABLE(), something like below.  This should fix the original
> issue and the potential mess-up of kconfig dependencies.

The simplest solution works for me :-)

Do you want me to send a patch with your Suggested-by: tag or do it
yourself?

> --- a/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
> +++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/soc-intel-quirks.h
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/platform_data/x86/soc.h>
>  
> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)
> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_IOSF_MBI)
>  
>  #include <linux/dmi.h>
>  #include <asm/iosf_mbi.h>