powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

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powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: 2013-09-09 00:28:51

Hi all,

powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.

Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Any good idea how to fix it for real ?

Guenter

Re: powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Asai Thambi S P <hidden>
Date: 2013-09-09 23:55:51

On 09/08/2013 5:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
Hi all,

powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information 
available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.
Apart from the above error, I have a concern on the patch, purely based on the commit message.
(to be honest, I am not familiar with the ppc architecture)

Commit message of 15863ff3b has the following text.

******************
So far "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id"
was always default (-1) on ppc64 architecture.

Now, some systems have an ibm,chip-id property in the cpu nodes in
the device tree. On these systems, we now use this information to
display physical_package_id
******************

Shouldn't the new definition of "topology_physical_package_id" apply only to those systems supporting ibm,chip-id property?

Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Any good idea how to fix it 
for real ?

Guenter
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Re: powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: 2013-09-10 01:19:06

On 09/09/2013 04:55 PM, Asai Thambi S P wrote:
On 09/08/2013 5:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
quoted
Hi all,

powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.
Apart from the above error, I have a concern on the patch, purely based on the commit message.
(to be honest, I am not familiar with the ppc architecture)

Commit message of 15863ff3b has the following text.

******************
So far "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id"
was always default (-1) on ppc64 architecture.

Now, some systems have an ibm,chip-id property in the cpu nodes in
the device tree. On these systems, we now use this information to
display physical_package_id
******************

Shouldn't the new definition of "topology_physical_package_id" apply only to those systems supporting ibm,chip-id property?
Looking into the code, I think that is what it does. For other platforms
(ie if there is no ibm,chip-id property) it still returns -1.

Question for the fix is what path to take to fix the problem.
Exporting cpu_to_chip_id() might be the easiest solution. Other
platforms export the respective data, so it should not be a problem.

I might submit a patch and see where it goes.

Guenter
quoted
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Any good idea how to fix it for real ?

Guenter
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Re: powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <hidden>
Date: 2013-09-10 22:03:07

On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 16:55 -0700, Asai Thambi S P wrote:
On 09/08/2013 5:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
quoted
Hi all,

powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information 
available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.
Apart from the above error, I have a concern on the patch, purely based on the commit message.
(to be honest, I am not familiar with the ppc architecture)

Commit message of 15863ff3b has the following text.

******************
So far "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id"
was always default (-1) on ppc64 architecture.

Now, some systems have an ibm,chip-id property in the cpu nodes in
the device tree. On these systems, we now use this information to
display physical_package_id
******************

Shouldn't the new definition of "topology_physical_package_id" apply only to those systems supporting ibm,chip-id property?
There should be no negative side effect (appart from the missing
EXPORT_SYMBOL of course). If the property is not found in the
device-tree, the new function returns -1, so it should work fine on all
systems.

Cheers,
Ben.
quoted
Reverting this commit fixes the problem. Any good idea how to fix it 
for real ?

Guenter
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Re: powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: 2013-09-10 22:50:34

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:02:49AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 16:55 -0700, Asai Thambi S P wrote:
quoted
On 09/08/2013 5:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
quoted
Hi all,

powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information 
available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.
Apart from the above error, I have a concern on the patch, purely based on the commit message.
(to be honest, I am not familiar with the ppc architecture)

Commit message of 15863ff3b has the following text.

******************
So far "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id"
was always default (-1) on ppc64 architecture.

Now, some systems have an ibm,chip-id property in the cpu nodes in
the device tree. On these systems, we now use this information to
display physical_package_id
******************

Shouldn't the new definition of "topology_physical_package_id" apply only to those systems supporting ibm,chip-id property?
There should be no negative side effect (appart from the missing
EXPORT_SYMBOL of course). If the property is not found in the
device-tree, the new function returns -1, so it should work fine on all
systems.
Good. I submitted a patch doing just that yesterday or so.
Hope you'll accept it ;).

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: powerpc allmodconfig build broken due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information available to userspace)

From: Vasant Hegde <hidden>
Date: 2013-09-11 06:36:09

On 09/11/2013 04:20 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:02:49AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
quoted
On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 16:55 -0700, Asai Thambi S P wrote:
quoted
On 09/08/2013 5:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
quoted
Hi all,
Guenter, Ben,

Sorry for the inconvenience. I never realized my patch could break somewhere :-(

Thanks you very much for identifying and fixing this issue. Other patch looks 
good to me.

-Vasant

quoted
quoted
quoted
powerpc allmodconfig build on the latest upstream kernel results in:

ERROR: ".cpu_to_chip_id" [drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.ko] undefined!

This is due to commit 15863ff3b (powerpc: Make chip-id information
available to userspace).
Not surprising, as cpu_to_chip_id() is not exported.
Apart from the above error, I have a concern on the patch, purely based on the commit message.
(to be honest, I am not familiar with the ppc architecture)

Commit message of 15863ff3b has the following text.

******************
So far "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id"
was always default (-1) on ppc64 architecture.

Now, some systems have an ibm,chip-id property in the cpu nodes in
the device tree. On these systems, we now use this information to
display physical_package_id
******************

Shouldn't the new definition of "topology_physical_package_id" apply only to those systems supporting ibm,chip-id property?
There should be no negative side effect (appart from the missing
EXPORT_SYMBOL of course). If the property is not found in the
device-tree, the new function returns -1, so it should work fine on all
systems.
Good. I submitted a patch doing just that yesterday or so.
Hope you'll accept it ;).

Thanks,
Guenter
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