Re: [PATCH] m68knommu: fix undefined reference to `mach_get_rtc_pll'

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon May 16 2022 - 03:16:17 EST


On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 8:08 AM Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 13/5/22 22:59, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 2:25 PM Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 13/5/22 17:12, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >>> read_persistent_clock64() uses mach_hwclk(), which is provided by
> >>> both setup_mm.c and setup_no.c, so it's always available?> Albeit not populated by coldfire or nommu platform code, so I see
> >>> the point in depending on MMU (no nommu Amiga support yet ;-).
> >>
> >> Yes, exactly. And even worse is that on ColdFire platforms it
> >> is never set, so will be the startup value of NULL. It is called
> >> without checking for NULL in both of rtc_generic_get_time() and
> >> rtc_generic_set_time().
> >
> > I think that's ok because rtc_generic_{get,set}_time is only called
> > from the rtc_generic driver, but that is not registered when mach_hwclk()
> > is NULL.
> >
> > With your patch to add the CONFIG_MMU check, you can actually
> > remove the mach_hwclk() symbol from setup_no.c, and move the
> > remaining RTC related symbols from setup_mm.c into the #ifdef.
>
> Yes, I think that would be a good idea.
> Tidies thins up a little.

Let's fix the build error first.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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