gpu: drm_fb_cma_helper.c:46: undefined reference to `drm_gem_fb_get_obj'

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Wed Oct 27 08:08:03 UTC 2021


Hi!

Am 27.10.21 um 08:50 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:26 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org> wrote:
>> On 10/26/21 11:19 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 2:58 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org> wrote:
> 
>>> This trivial change makes it all build:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>> index c08860db2520..699f434ce813 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
>>> @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ config DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER
>>>             Choose this if you need the GEM CMA helper functions
>>>
>>>    config
> 
>>> -       bool
>>> +       tristate
>>>           depends on DRM
>>>           select DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER
>>>           help
>>>
>>> but this needs some more testing to make sure it doesn't add
>>> any other regressions.
>>>
>>> Interestingly, I never hit the problem in randconfig testing since
>>> there is always some '=y' driver that selects DRM_KMS_HELPER.
>>
>> Thomas had posted a patch that also fixes the problem.
>> Somehow I missed seeing that the first time around.
> 
> Ah right, I missed that as well. That patch seems reasonable
> to me, but I think we may want both of them in this case, as
> it does not address DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER being set to =y
> when it is only used from modules.

Yes, the bool state was indeed the problem. The patch I posted resolves 
the issue for now. For later, I have a patchset that improves CMA helper 
usage a bit and resolves the Kconfig problem.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
>         Arnd
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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