Re: via-pmu-event.c:undefined reference to `input_event'

[Randy Dunlap]

On 3/18/22 18:16, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2022, kernel test robot wrote:
> 
>> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
>> head:   551acdc3c3d2b6bc97f11e31dcf960bc36343bfc
>> commit: ebd722275f9cfc6752e29d2412fa3816ca05764b macintosh/via-pmu: Replace via-pmu68k driver with via-pmu driver
>> date:   3 years, 8 months ago
>> config: m68k-randconfig-r021-20220317 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220319/202203190015.8LPNVVK5-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
>> compiler: m68k-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
>> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>>         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ebd722275f9cfc6752e29d2412fa3816ca05764b
>>         git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>>         git fetch --no-tags linus master
>>         git checkout ebd722275f9cfc6752e29d2412fa3816ca05764b
>>         # save the config file to linux build tree
>>         mkdir build_dir
>>         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross O=build_dir ARCH=m68k SHELL=/bin/bash
>>
>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>>
>>    m68k-linux-ld: drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-event.o: in function `via_pmu_event':
>>>> via-pmu-event.c:(.text+0x32): undefined reference to `input_event'
>>>> m68k-linux-ld: via-pmu-event.c:(.text+0x54): undefined reference to `input_event'
>>    m68k-linux-ld: drivers/macintosh/via-pmu-event.o: in function `via_pmu_event_init':
>>>> via-pmu-event.c:(.init.text+0xe): undefined reference to `input_allocate_device'
>>>> m68k-linux-ld: via-pmu-event.c:(.init.text+0x56): undefined reference to `input_register_device'
>>>> m68k-linux-ld: via-pmu-event.c:(.init.text+0x68): undefined reference to `input_free_device'
> 
> That config file has CONFIG_INPUT=n which is unusual. The problem affects 
> m68k builds since I enabled the driver 3 years ago but powerpc builds have 
> always been affected by this.
> 
> via_pmu_event() does nothing unless the hardware happens to be a 
> particular powerpc PMU models but that logic is questionable (see comment 
> in via-pmu-event.c). So I think the best solution is to make the 
> via_pmu_event() code conditional on CONFIG_INPUT.
> 
> I'll send a patch to that effect.

Hi Finn,
That's what I was planning to do also, but I'll leave it to you.

thanks.
-- 
~Randy