[PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/display: fix randconfig build

[Jiri Slaby]

On 04. 10. 22, 12:52, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2022, "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby at kernel.org> wrote:
>> When DRM_I915=y and BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m, the build fails:
>> ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.o: in function `intel_backlight_device_register':
>> intel_backlight.c:(.text+0x5587): undefined reference to `backlight_device_get_by_name'
>>
>> ld: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.o: in function `intel_backlight_device_unregister':
>> intel_backlight.c:(.text+0x576e): undefined reference to `backlight_device_unregister'
>>
>> To fix this, use IS_REACHABLE(), not IS_ENABLED() in backlight. That is,
>> with the above config, backlight support is disabled.
> 
> So I don't want this. I'll take a patch that fixes the dependencies to
> block DRM_I915=y and BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m. Nobody wants that combo,
> and IMO using IS_REACHABLE() is a workaround to hide a broken config
> under the carpet.
> 
> The right thing to do is
> 
> config DRM_I915
> 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE || BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=n.
> 
> We're selecting BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE because almost everyone else is
> too, and a combo of selecting and depending leads to circular
> dependencies. But depending is the right fix.

I'm not sure what should I do now. If I do:
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config DRM_I915
         depends on DRM
         depends on X86 && PCI
         depends on !PREEMPT_RT
+       depends on (BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE && ACPI) || 
(BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=n && ACPI=n)
         select INTEL_GTT if X86
         select INTERVAL_TREE
         # we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ config DRM_I915
         select IRQ_WORK
         # i915 depends on ACPI_VIDEO when ACPI is enabled
         # but for select to work, need to select ACPI_VIDEO's 
dependencies, ick
-       select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE if ACPI
         select INPUT if ACPI
         select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES if ACPI
         select ACPI_WMI if ACPI

I get:
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig:2:error: recursive dependency detected!
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig:2: symbol DRM_I915 depends on 
BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig:143:    symbol BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE is 
selected by DRM_FSL_DCU
drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/Kconfig:2:      symbol DRM_FSL_DCU depends on 
COMMON_CLK
drivers/clk/Kconfig:21: symbol COMMON_CLK is selected by X86_INTEL_QUARK
arch/x86/Kconfig:633:   symbol X86_INTEL_QUARK depends on 
X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:6: symbol X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES is selected 
by DRM_I915


Those dependencies are really cumbersome :/.

> Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst:
> 
>    Note:
> 	select should be used with care. select will force
> 	a symbol to a value without visiting the dependencies.
> 	By abusing select you are able to select a symbol FOO even
> 	if FOO depends on BAR that is not set.
> 	In general use select only for non-visible symbols
> 	(no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with no dependencies.
> 	That will limit the usefulness but on the other hand avoid
> 	the illegal configurations all over.
> 
> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
>>
>> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
>> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: David Airlie <airlied at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch>
>> Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
>> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
>> Reported-by: Martin Liška <mliska at suse.cz>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby at kernel.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c | 2 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.h | 2 +-
>>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c
>> index beba39a38c87..c1ba68796b6d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c
>> @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ void intel_backlight_enable(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
>>   	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->display.backlight.lock);
>>   }
>>   
>> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>>   static u32 intel_panel_get_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector)
>>   {
>>   	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(connector->base.dev);
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.h
>> index 339643f63897..207fe1c613d8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.h
>> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ u32 intel_backlight_invert_pwm_level(struct intel_connector *connector, u32 leve
>>   u32 intel_backlight_level_to_pwm(struct intel_connector *connector, u32 level);
>>   u32 intel_backlight_level_from_pwm(struct intel_connector *connector, u32 val);
>>   
>> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>>   int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector);
>>   void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector);
>>   #else /* CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE */
> 

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