Re: [PATCH] media: atmel: atmel-isc: fix i386 build error

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Wed Jun 19 2019 - 04:08:59 EST


Hi Eugen,

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 07:24:41AM +0000, Eugen.Hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ld: drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc-base.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `debug'; arch/x86/entry/entry_32.o:(.entry.text+0x21ac): first defined here
>
> Changed module parameters to static.
>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hello Hans,
>
> Sorry for this, it looks like i386 has a stray weird 'debug' symbol which
> causes an error.
> I changed the module parameters of the atmel-isc to 'static' but now they
> cannot be accessed in the other module files.
> Will have to create a get function to be used in the other files if needed
> later. Any other way to make a symbol static to current module and not
> current file ? It would be useful for other config variables as well.
> I was not sure if you want to squash this over the faulty patch or add it
> as a separate patch.

Please consider using dev_dbg() instead of a driver specific parameter for
debug.

For the patch:

Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Sakari Ailus