Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 3 authors, 2017-11-02

Re: [PATCH] block: fix CDROM dependency on BLK_DEV

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: 2017-11-02 15:07:03
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On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Bart Van Assche [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 12:19 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
quoted
After the cdrom cleanup, I get randconfig warnings for some configurations:

warning: (BLK_DEV_IDECD && BLK_DEV_SR) selects CDROM which has unmet direct dependencies (BLK_DEV)
Hello Arnd,

Since Jens has already queued your patch it's too late to consider alternatives.
Anyway, since the cdrom driver calls block layer functions directly, have you
considered the following alternative?
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 0dad1d2536f7..e7044c893817 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ config AMIGA_Z2RAM

 config CDROM
        tristate "CD-ROM driver"
+       depends on BLK_DEV
        help
          A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed optical compact disc which contains
          data. The name is an acronym which stands for "Compact Disc
This doesn't work, the problem is the existing dependency on 'BLK_DEV'
that is implied by
listing CONFIG_CDROM inside of the "if BLK_DEV" section. It would
probably be possible
to move CONFIG_CDROM' outside of this 'if' section and use 'select
BLK_DEV' inside it,
but that in turn would make the Kconfig logic even less intuitive than
it already is.

      Arnd
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