Re: [PATCH] fb: udl: fix build without CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 11:01:17 AM CEST Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > A cleanup in v4.8 dropped several dependencies, but caused the udl driver
>> > to fail building when CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO is not set:
>> >
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c: In function 'udl_fb_open':
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c:206:23: error: 'struct fb_info' has no member named 'fbdefio'
>> >   if (fb_defio && (info->fbdefio == NULL)) {
>> >                        ^~
>> >
>> > This adds an #ifdef check around the code that fails. We know this
>> > is safe because it always checks info->fbdefio for being non-NULL,
>> > and that member is not defined here.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> > Fixes: c0f0c177b5a9 ("drm/udl: make fbdev support really optional")
>>
>> There's a pile more needed, which is why I just ended up stuffing them
>> all into linux-next for 4.9. Is your patch still needed on that? If we
>> really want this fixed in 4.8 I guess I can assemble a cherry-pick
>> list.
>
> Ok, got it. I think your 0c756134cf76 ("drm: Protect fb_defio in
> drivers with CONFIG_KMS_FBDEV_EMULATION") is actually sufficient
> for the build break, it's almost the same as my patch anyway.

Dave, can you please cherry-pick that one from -next to -fixes?

Thanks, Daniel
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