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SubjectRe: linux-next: build failure after merge of the drm-misc tree
On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:21 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:32:14 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> > After merging the drm-misc tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > ppc44x_defconfig) failed like this:
> >
> > ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
> > fbmon.c:(.text+0x1e4): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> > ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
> > fbcmap.c:(.text+0x478): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> > ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
> > fbsysfs.c:(.text+0xb64): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> > ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
> > modedb.c:(.text+0x129c): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> > ld: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcvt.o: in function `fb_modesetting_disabled':
> > fbcvt.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `fb_modesetting_disabled'; drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o:fbmem.c:(.text+0x1bac): first defined here
> >
> > Caused by commit
> >
> > 0ba2fa8cbd29 ("fbdev: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter")
> >
> > This build does not have CONFIG_VIDEO_NOMODESET set.
> >
> > I applied the following patch for today.
> >
> > From 63f957a050c62478ed1348c5b204bc65c68df4d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:19:22 +1100
> > Subject: [PATCH] fix up for "fbdev: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter"
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > ---
> > include/linux/fb.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
> > index 3a822e4357b1..ea421724f733 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/fb.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/fb.h
> > @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ extern int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
> > #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_NOMODESET)
> > bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname);
> > #else
> > -bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname)
> > +static inline bool fb_modesetting_disabled(const char *drvname)
> > {
> > return false;
> > }
> > --
> > 2.35.1
>
> This commit went away for a couple of linux-next releases, but now has
> reappeared in the drm tree :-( What went wrong?

Nothing gone wrong as such, just the drm-misc-next pull request was
sent on a regular weekly cadence, then I merged it a few days later.
The fix for this is still in the drm-misc-next queue for the next PR
which I will get this week.

Dave.

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