[PATCH] drm: bridge: fix unmet dependency on DRM_KMS_HELPER for DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE

[Julian Braha]

On Monday, October 25, 2021 6:10:12 PM EDT you wrote:
> Hi Julian,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 02:51:47PM -0400, Julian Braha wrote:
> > On Monday, October 25, 2021 1:47:35 PM EDT you wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 01:42:02PM -0400, Julian Braha wrote:
> > > > When DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211 is selected, and DRM_KMS_HELPER is not selected,
> > > > Kbuild gives the following warning:
> > > > 
> > > > WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
> > > >   Depends on [n]: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && DRM_BRIDGE [=y] && DRM_KMS_HELPER [=n]
> > > >   Selected by [y]:
> > > >   - DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211 [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && DRM [=y] && DRM_BRIDGE [=y] && OF [=y]
> > > > 
> > > > This is because DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211 selects DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
> > > > without depending on or selecting DRM_KMS_HELPER,
> > > > despite DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE depending on DRM_KMS_HELPER.
> > > > 
> > > > This unmet dependency bug was detected by Kismet,
> > > > a static analysis tool for Kconfig.
> > > > Please advise if this is not the appropriate solution.
> > > 
> > > Shouldn't DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE select DRM_KMS_HELPER instead of depending on
> > > it ?
> > > 
> > > > Fixes: ce517f18944e ("drm: bridge: Add Chipone ICN6211 MIPI-DSI to RGB bridge")
> > > > Reviewed-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss at linaro.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha at gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> > > > index 431b6e12a81f..a630cb8fd1c8 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config DRM_CDNS_DSI
> > > >  config DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211
> > > >  	tristate "Chipone ICN6211 MIPI-DSI/RGB Converter bridge"
> > > >  	depends on OF
> > > > +  select DRM_KMS_HELPER
> > > >  	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
> > > >  	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
> > > >  	help
> > 
> > Hi Laurent,
> > 
> > Either a "select" or a "depends" will resolve this issue,
> 
> Mixing "select" and "depends" usually lead to be results. DRM_KMS_HELPER
> is a symbol that is mostly selected (I think there are a handful of
> occurrences of "depends", which should probably be fixed).
> 
> > but most similar devices in this Kconfig file select DRM_KMS_HELPER.
> > Is there something different about DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211 that I have missed?
> 
> There isn't anything fundamentally different, but because DRM_KMS_HELPER
> is meant to be selected and not depended on, I think we should fix that
> for DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE, and it will fix the issue with
> DRM_CHIPONE_ICN6211. The dependency on the KMS helpers come from
> drm_panel_bridge.c, not from chipone-icn6211.c as far as I can tell, so
> it would also be more correct.
> 
> 

Hi Laurent,

I appreciate your feedback! I will make your suggested change,
and resubmit.

- Julian Braha