[PATCH v2] soc: renesas: make ARCH_R9A07G043 depend on required options

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Thu Oct 12 05:15:21 PDT 2023


Hi Conor,

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 1:11 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>
> Randy reported a randconfig build issue against linux-next:
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for ERRATA_ANDES
>   Depends on [n]: RISCV_ALTERNATIVE [=n] && RISCV_SBI [=y]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - ARCH_R9A07G043 [=y] && SOC_RENESAS [=y] && RISCV [=y] && NONPORTABLE [=y] && RISCV_SBI [=y]
>
> ../arch/riscv/errata/andes/errata.c:59:54: warning: 'struct alt_entry' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
>    59 | void __init_or_module andes_errata_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
>
> On RISC-V, alternatives are not usable in XIP kernels, which this
> randconfig happened to select. Rather than add a check for whether
> alternatives are available before selecting the ERRATA_ANDES config
> option, rework the R9A07G043 Kconfig entry to depend on the
> configuration options required to support its non-standard cache
> coherency implementation.
>
> Without these options enabled, the SoC is effectively non-functional to
> begin with, so there's an extra benefit in preventing the creation of
> non-functional kernels.
>
> The "if RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT" can be dropped, as ERRATA_ANDES_CMO will
> select it.
>
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/09a6b0f0-76a1-45e3-ab52-329c47393d1d@infradead.org/
> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
> ---
>
> I dropped Randy's t-b etc since this patch is quite different.
>
> v2: drop the extra condition on the select of ERRATA_ANDES, move instead
> to depending on required options.

Thanks for the update!

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
i.e. will queue in renesas-fixes for v6.6.

> --- a/drivers/soc/renesas/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/soc/renesas/Kconfig
> @@ -340,10 +340,12 @@ if RISCV
>  config ARCH_R9A07G043
>         bool "RISC-V Platform support for RZ/Five"
>         depends on NONPORTABLE
> +       depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
> +       depends on RISCV_SBI
>         select ARCH_RZG2L
> -       select AX45MP_L2_CACHE if RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
> +       select AX45MP_L2_CACHE
>         select DMA_GLOBAL_POOL
> -       select ERRATA_ANDES if RISCV_SBI
> +       select ERRATA_ANDES
>         select ERRATA_ANDES_CMO if ERRATA_ANDES

As ERRATA_ANDES is now selected unconditionally, the test
for it can be removed.  I can do that while applying.

>         help
>           This enables support for the Renesas RZ/Five SoC.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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