Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/panic: Do not select DRM_KMS_HELPER

[Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>]

On 26/06/2024 10:41, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> DRM core code cannot call into DRM helper code, as this would lead to
> circular references in the modular case.  Hence drop the selection of
> DRM_KMS_HELPER.  It was unused anyway, as v10 switched from using
> the DRM format helpers to its own color format conversion, cfr. commit
> 9544309775c334c9 ("drm/panic: Add support for color format
> conversion")).

Thanks a lot for this cleanup,

Reviewed-by: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>

> 
> Remove the unneeded include of <drm/drm_format_helper.h>.
> 
> Fixes: bf9fb17c6672868d ("drm/panic: Add a drm panic handler")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig     | 1 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c | 1 -
>   2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> index b903a2c0b5e8f95c..ce9bf2b6e9d332d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> @@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ config DRM_KMS_HELPER
>   config DRM_PANIC
>   	bool "Display a user-friendly message when a kernel panic occurs"
>   	depends on DRM && !(FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && VT_CONSOLE)
> -	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
>   	select FONT_SUPPORT
>   	help
>   	  Enable a drm panic handler, which will display a user-friendly message
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> index 8d2eded1fd19ff6c..67f78b5a76b61e3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
>   #include <linux/types.h>
>   
>   #include <drm/drm_drv.h>
> -#include <drm/drm_format_helper.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_framebuffer.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h>