Re: [PATCH] [PATCH v2] ARM: fix unmet dependency on BITREVERSE for HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Nov 09 2021 - 02:57:51 EST


On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 7:03 AM Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When ARM is enabled, and BITREVERSE is disabled,
> Kbuild gives the following warning:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
> Depends on [n]: BITREVERSE [=n]
> Selected by [y]:
> - ARM [=y] && (CPU_32v7M [=n] || CPU_32v7 [=y]) && !CPU_32v6 [=n]
>
> This is because ARM selects HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
> without selecting BITREVERSE, despite
> HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE depending on BITREVERSE.
>
> This unmet dependency bug was found by Kismet,
> a static analysis tool for Kconfig.

Looks good to me, please add it to the patch tracker[1].

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

> Please advise if this
> is not the appropriate solution.
>
> v2:
> Changed this fix to remove the dependency on BITREVERSE from
> HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE, since it isn't actually necessary.

This bit should go below the --- line. You can also add a Link: tag
pointing to v1 [2].

Arnd

[1] https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/info.php
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20211029203110.8343-1-julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx/