[PATCH] fbdev: Make fb_modesetting_disabled() static inline

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Thu Nov 17 12:07:19 UTC 2022



Am 17.11.22 um 12:47 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Make fb_modesetting_disabled() a static-inline function when it is
> defined in the header file. Avoid the linker error shown below.
> 
>   ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
>   fbmon.c:(.text+0x1e4): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> 
> A bug report is at [1].
> 
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr at canb.auug.org.au>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Fixes: 0ba2fa8cbd29 ("fbdev: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter")
> Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

Javier gave his r-b via irc.

> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de>
> Cc: linux-fbdev at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20221117183214.2473e745@canb.auug.org.au/T/#u # 1
> ---
>   include/linux/fb.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
> index 3a822e4357b12..ea421724f7338 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fb.h
> @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ extern int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>   #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_NOMODESET)
>   bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname);
>   #else
> -bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname)
> +static inline bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname)
>   {
>   	return false;
>   }

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev
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