Re: [PATCH] serial: atmel: header file for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Thu Dec 17 2015 - 10:02:15 EST


[[PATCH] serial: atmel: header file for MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE] On 17/12/2015 (Thu 17:55) Sudip Mukherjee wrote:

> mips allmodconfig fails with the error:
>
> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, atmel_serial_dt_ids);
> ^

Yes, unfortunately I noticed the same thing when redoing my mips
build coverage.

> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: error: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE' [-Werror=implicit-int]
> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c:192:1: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
>
> commit c39dfebc7798 has made the driver non-modular and removed the
> header file and it is now compiled as a builtin driver. But since
> CONFIG_OF is defined for mips so we need the definition of
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to compile successfully.

No, this isn't the right fix. We just delete the offending line.
I'll send the proper patch in a minute, once I add a reported by
line to it.

Paul.
--

>
> Fixes: c39dfebc7798 ("drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular")
> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> build log with next-20151217 is at:
> https://travis-ci.org/sudipm-mukherjee/parport/jobs/97388463
>
> Log contains another error with gpio, patch for that has been separately
> submitted.
>
> drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> index 50e785a..e9a2fa4 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/irq.h>
> #include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> #include <asm/ioctls.h>
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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