The new NET_DEVLINK infrastructure can be a loadable module, but the drivers
using it might be built-in, which causes link errors like:
drivers/net/built-in.o: In function `mlx4_load_one':
:(.text+0x2fbfda): undefined reference to `devlink_port_register'
:(.text+0x2fc084): undefined reference to `devlink_port_unregister'
drivers/net/built-in.o: In function `mlxsw_sx_port_remove':
:(.text+0x33a03a): undefined reference to `devlink_port_type_clear'
:(.text+0x33a04e): undefined reference to `devlink_port_unregister'
There are multiple ways to avoid this:
a) add 'depends on NET_DEVLINK || !NET_DEVLINK' dependencies
for each user
b) use 'select NET_DEVLINK' from each driver that uses it
and hide the symbol in Kconfig.
c) make NET_DEVLINK a 'bool' option so we don't have to
list it as a dependency, and rely on the APIs to be
stubbed out when it is disabled
d) use IS_REACHABLE() rather than IS_ENABLED() to check for
NET_DEVLINK in include/net/devlink.h
This implements a variation of approach a) by adding an
intermediate symbol that drivers can depend on, and changes
the three drivers using it.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
Fixes: 09d4d087cd48 ("mlx4: Implement devlink interface")
Fixes: c4745500e988 ("mlxsw: Implement devlink interface")
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig | 1 +
net/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig
b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig
index fc01deac1d3c..db4aa13ebae0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
config MLX4_INFINIBAND
tristate "Mellanox ConnectX HCA support"
depends on NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && PCI && INET
+ depends on MAY_USE_DEVLINK
select NET_VENDOR_MELLANOX
select MLX4_CORE
---help---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig
index 1486ce902a56..9ca3734ebb6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
config MLX4_EN
tristate "Mellanox Technologies 1/10/40Gbit Ethernet support"
+ depends on MAY_USE_DEVLINK
depends on PCI
select MLX4_CORE
select PTP_1588_CLOCK
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig
index ce26adcb4988..2ad7f67854d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
config MLXSW_CORE
tristate "Mellanox Technologies Switch ASICs support"
+ depends on MAY_USE_DEVLINK
---help---
This driver supports Mellanox Technologies Switch ASICs family.
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 6c9cfb0d7639..2760825e53fa 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -403,6 +403,15 @@ config NET_DEVLINK
infrastructure to support access to physical chip-wide config and
monitoring.
+config MAY_USE_DEVLINK
+ tristate
+ default m if NET_DEVLINK=m
+ default y if NET_DEVLINK=y || NET_DEVLINK=n
+ help
+ Drivers using the devlink infrastructure should have a dependency
+ on MAY_USE_DEVLINK to ensure they do not cause link errors when
+ devlink is a loadable module and the driver using it is built-in.
+
endif # if NET
# Used by archs to tell that they support BPF_JIT
--
2.7.0
