Re: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: export 'cpm_setbrg' for modules

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Jan 22 2021 - 01:22:25 EST


On 1/21/21 9:51 PM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>
>
> Le 22/01/2021 à 02:08, Randy Dunlap a écrit :
>> Fix missing export for a loadable module build:
>>
>> ERROR: modpost: "cpm_setbrg" [drivers/tty/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart.ko] undefined!
>>
>> Fixes: 4128a89ac80d ("powerpc/8xx: move CPM1 related files from sysdev/ to platforms/8xx")
>
> I don't understand. Before that commit cpm_setbrg() wasn't exported either.
>
> For me, it fixes the commit that brought the capability to build the cpm uart driver as a module, that is commit 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc")

OK, I didn't have a lot of confidence in that tag.

Thanks for commenting.

>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/cpm1.c |    1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> --- linux-next-20210121.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/cpm1.c
>> +++ linux-next-20210121/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/cpm1.c
>> @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ cpm_setbrg(uint brg, uint rate)
>>           out_be32(bp, (((BRG_UART_CLK_DIV16 / rate) - 1) << 1) |
>>                     CPM_BRG_EN | CPM_BRG_DIV16);
>>   }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpm_setbrg);
>>     struct cpm_ioport16 {
>>       __be16 dir, par, odr_sor, dat, intr;
>>


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~Randy
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