Re: [PATCH] vfio-mdev: Fix mtty sample driver building

[Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>]

On 12/15/2016 1:42 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:15:34 +0530
> Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/15/2016 1:09 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> This sample driver was originally under Documentation/ and was moved
>>> to samples, but build support was never adjusted for the new location.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  samples/Kconfig            |    7 +++++++
>>>  samples/Makefile           |    3 ++-
>>>  samples/vfio-mdev/Makefile |   14 +-------------
>>>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>>   
>>
>> This change would bring this example driver in Kernel build system if
>> selected. I do have verified build and tested it on x86_64 platform.
>> Have you verified x86 and PPC/ARM build (which I think primarily could
>> use VFIO)?
> 
> I have not, but I'm fairly confident that CONFIG_SAMPLES is not a
> typical user or distro config option, so I think we're at a low risk
> of breaking anyone.  In general I test almost exclusively for x86_64 and
> rely on external auto builders to identify issues on other archs. 

Ok. I'm fine with this change. Also saw Eric's confirmation on ARM
aarch64 compilations. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>

Thanks,
Kirti


> Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> 
>>> diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
>>> index a6d2a43..b124f62 100644
>>> --- a/samples/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/samples/Kconfig
>>> @@ -105,4 +105,11 @@ config SAMPLE_BLACKFIN_GPTIMERS
>>>  	help
>>>  	  Build samples of blackfin gptimers sample module.
>>>  
>>> +config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY
>>> +	tristate "Build VFIO mtty example mediated device sample code -- loadable modules only"
>>> +	depends on VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE && m
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Build a virtual tty sample driver for use as a VFIO
>>> +	  mediated device
>>> +
>>>  endif # SAMPLES
>>> diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
>>> index e17d66d..86a137e 100644
>>> --- a/samples/Makefile
>>> +++ b/samples/Makefile
>>> @@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
>>>  
>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES)	+= kobject/ kprobes/ trace_events/ livepatch/ \
>>>  			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/ rpmsg/ seccomp/ \
>>> -			   configfs/ connector/ v4l/ trace_printk/ blackfin/
>>> +			   configfs/ connector/ v4l/ trace_printk/ blackfin/ \
>>> +			   vfio-mdev/
>>> diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/Makefile b/samples/vfio-mdev/Makefile
>>> index a932edb..cbbd868 100644
>>> --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/Makefile
>>> +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/Makefile
>>> @@ -1,13 +1 @@
>>> -#
>>> -# Makefile for mtty.c file
>>> -#
>>> -KERNEL_DIR:=/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>> -
>>> -obj-m:=mtty.o
>>> -
>>> -modules clean modules_install:
>>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_DIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) $@
>>> -
>>> -default: modules
>>> -
>>> -module: modules
>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY) += mtty.o
>>>   
>