On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:56:19 +0000, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > IRQ_DOMAIN is a hidden (not user visible) symbol. Users cannot set > it directly thru "make *config", so drivers should select it instead > of depending on it if they need it. > Relying on it being set for a dependency is risky. > > Consistently using "select" or "depends on" can also help reduce > Kconfig circular dependency issues. > > Therefore, change OF_IRQ's use of "depends on" to "select". > > This patch reduces one Kconfig circular dependency in > drivers/mux/Kconfig when MUX_MMIO attempts to select REGMAP (a failed > patch), which that driver needs (but does not completely resolve that > issue). [1] > > before this patch: (10 lines of detail) > drivers/net/ethernet/arc/Kconfig:19:error: recursive dependency detected! > drivers/net/ethernet/arc/Kconfig:19: symbol ARC_EMAC_CORE is selected by ARC_EMAC > drivers/net/ethernet/arc/Kconfig:26: symbol ARC_EMAC depends on OF_IRQ > drivers/of/Kconfig:81: symbol OF_IRQ depends on IRQ_DOMAIN > kernel/irq/Kconfig:60: symbol IRQ_DOMAIN is selected by REGMAP > drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig:6: symbol REGMAP is selected by MUX_MMIO > drivers/mux/Kconfig:48: symbol MUX_MMIO depends on MULTIPLEXER > drivers/mux/Kconfig:6: symbol MULTIPLEXER is selected by MDIO_BUS_MUX_MULTIPLEXER > drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig:275: symbol MDIO_BUS_MUX_MULTIPLEXER depends on MDIO_DEVICE > drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig:6: symbol MDIO_DEVICE is selected by PHYLIB > drivers/net/phy/Kconfig:16: symbol PHYLIB is selected by ARC_EMAC_CORE > > after this patch: (5 lines of detail) > drivers/mux/Kconfig:6:error: recursive dependency detected! > drivers/mux/Kconfig:6: symbol MULTIPLEXER is selected by MDIO_BUS_MUX_MULTIPLEXER > drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig:275: symbol MDIO_BUS_MUX_MULTIPLEXER depends on MDIO_BUS > drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig:13: symbol MDIO_BUS is selected by REGMAP > drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig:6: symbol REGMAP is selected by MUX_MMIO > drivers/mux/Kconfig:48: symbol MUX_MMIO depends on MULTIPLEXER > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230210115625.GA30942@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Fixes: 63c60e3a6dc3 ("of: OF_IRQ should depend on IRQ_DOMAIN") > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > v2: update patch description, rebase & resend > > drivers/of/Kconfig | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -- a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig > --- a/drivers/of/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig > @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ config OF_ADDRESS > > config OF_IRQ > def_bool y > - depends on !SPARC && IRQ_DOMAIN > + depends on !SPARC > + select IRQ_DOMAIN > > config OF_RESERVED_MEM > def_bool OF_EARLY_FLATTREE > This seems to be moving is the right direction. FWIW, Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.