Re: [PATCH] drm: always provide debugfs function prototypes

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Sat Jun 22 2013 - 06:54:36 EST


On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:38:16AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> It is generally considered bad style to enclose function prototypes
> in header files in #ifdef. This case illustrates why that is:
> The tegra host1x driver calls into the debugfs functions if
> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled, but that code is otherwise already
> discarded by the compiler, so leaving the prototype in place
> actually makes everything work.
>
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c: In function 'tegra_dc_debugfs_init':
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c:1004:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'drm_debugfs_create_files' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c: In function 'tegra_dc_debugfs_exit': drivers/gpu/host1x/drm/dc.c:1026:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'drm_debugfs_remove_files' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ben Gamari <bgamari@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
> index 63d17ee..8bc105e 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drmP.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ extern int drm_proc_init(struct drm_minor *minor, struct proc_dir_entry *root);
> extern int drm_proc_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor, struct proc_dir_entry *root);
>
> /* Debugfs support */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
> +

I don't know what good the blank line does here, but apart from that
this patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>

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