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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI: hv: Fix build error without CONFIG_SYSFS
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On 2019/8/13 18:18, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 02:48:24PM +0800, Yuehaibing wrote:
>> +cc Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
>
> Can we drop this patch and merge:
>
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1131444/
>
> instead ?

Ok, it looks good to me, thanks!

>
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
>>
>> On 2019/6/15 14:18, Yuehaibing wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2019/6/2 6:59, Michael Kelley wrote:
>>>> From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 8:09 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> while building without CONFIG_SYSFS, fails as below:
>>>>>
>>>>> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.o: In function 'hv_pci_assign_slots':
>>>>> pci-hyperv.c:(.text+0x40a): undefined reference to 'pci_create_slot'
>>>>> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.o: In function 'pci_devices_present_work':
>>>>> pci-hyperv.c:(.text+0xc02): undefined reference to 'pci_destroy_slot'
>>>>> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.o: In function 'hv_pci_remove':
>>>>> pci-hyperv.c:(.text+0xe50): undefined reference to 'pci_destroy_slot'
>>>>> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.o: In function 'hv_eject_device_work':
>>>>> pci-hyperv.c:(.text+0x11f9): undefined reference to 'pci_destroy_slot'
>>>>>
>>>>> Select SYSFS while PCI_HYPERV is set to fix this.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if is the right way to fix the problem. Conceptually
>>>> is it possible to setup & operate virtual PCI devices like
>>>> pci-hyperv.c does, even if sysfs is not present? Or is it right to
>>>> always required sysfs?
>>>>
>>>> The function pci_dev_assign_slot() in slot.c has a null implementation
>>>> in include/linux/pci.h when CONFIG_SYSFS is not defined, which
>>>> seems to be trying to solve the same problem for that function. And
>>>> if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is defined but CONFIG_SYSFS is not,
>>>> pci_hp_create_module_link() and pci_hp_remove_module_link()
>>>> look like they would have the same problem. Maybe there should
>>>> be degenerate implementations of pci_create_slot() and
>>>> pci_destroy_slot() for cases when CONFIG_SYSFS is not defined?
>>>>
>>>> But I'll admit I don't know the full story behind how PCI slots
>>>> are represented and used, so maybe I'm off base. I just noticed
>>>> the inconsistency in how other functions in slot.c are handled.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> 268a03a42d33 ("PCI: drivers/pci/slot.c should depend on CONFIG_SYSFS")
>>>
>>> make slot.o depends CONFIG_SYSFS
>>>
>>> commit 268a03a42d3377d5fb41e6e7cbdec4e0b65cab2e
>>> Author: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
>>> Date: Wed Jun 17 19:03:57 2009 -0600
>>>
>>> PCI: drivers/pci/slot.c should depend on CONFIG_SYSFS
>>>
>>> There is no way to interact with a physical PCI slot without
>>> sysfs, so encode the dependency and prevent this build error:
>>>
>>> drivers/pci/slot.c: In function 'pci_hp_create_module_link':
>>> drivers/pci/slot.c:327: error: 'module_kset' undeclared
>>>
>>> This patch _should_ make pci-sysfs.o depend on CONFIG_SYSFS too,
>>> but we cannot (yet) because the PCI core merrily assumes the
>>> existence of sysfs:
>>>
>>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `pci_bus_add_device':
>>> drivers/pci/bus.c:89: undefined reference to `pci_create_sysfs_dev_files'
>>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `pci_stop_dev':
>>> drivers/pci/remove.c:24: undefined reference to `pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files'
>>>
>>> So do the minimal bit for now and figure out how to untangle it
>>> later.
>>>
>>> If No CONFIG_SYSFS, slot.o is not build
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>
>
> .
>

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