Re: [PATCH] samples: fix the compile error about SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_ series

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:55:03 +0800 (CST)
<ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn> wrote:

> From: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn>
> 
> When CONFIG_VFIO = m, SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY, SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY and
> SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS can be selected as:
> CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY = y;
> CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY = y;
> CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS = y;
> 
> That will cause compile error such as:
> 
> ld: samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.o: in function 'mdpy_remove':
> samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c:294: undefined reference to
> 'vfio_unregister_group_dev'
> 
> ld: samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.o: in function 'mtty_remove':
> samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c:793: undefined reference to
> 'vfio_unregister_group_dev'
> 
> ld: samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.o: in function 'mbochs_remove':
> samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c:603: undefined reference to
> 'vfio_unregister_group_dev'
> 
> Add dependency make SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY, SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY and
> SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS not allowed to set as y when
> CONFIG_VFIO = m.
> 
> Signed-off-by: ye xingchen <ye.xingchen@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>  samples/Kconfig | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Thanks for the fix!  Another version[1] was sent last week that includes
a more complete fix and has been merged into the vfio next branch.
Thanks,

Alex

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230126211211.1762319-1-arnd@kernel.org/

 
> diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
> index 56b191d128d8..44a09dfa8a0b 100644
> --- a/samples/Kconfig
> +++ b/samples/Kconfig
> @@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ config SAMPLE_UHID
> 
>  config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY
>  	tristate "Build VFIO mtty example mediated device sample code"
> +	depends on VFIO
>  	select VFIO_MDEV
>  	help
>  	  Build a virtual tty sample driver for use as a VFIO
> @@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY
> 
>  config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY
>  	tristate "Build VFIO mdpy example mediated device sample code"
> +	depends on VFIO
>  	select VFIO_MDEV
>  	help
>  	  Build a virtual display sample driver for use as a VFIO
> @@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY_FB
> 
>  config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS
>  	tristate "Build VFIO mdpy example mediated device sample code"
> +	depends on VFIO
>  	select VFIO_MDEV
>  	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
>  	help