Re: [PATCH] net: davinci: fix building davinci mdio code without CONFIG_OF

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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx> wrote:

>> @@ -374,7 +372,7 @@ static int davinci_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>               return -ENOMEM;
>>       }
>>
>> -     if (dev->of_node) {
>> +     if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && dev->of_node) {
>>               const struct of_device_id       *of_id;
>>
>>               ret = davinci_mdio_probe_dt(&data->pdata, pdev);
>
> I was expecting this one change to fix the issue since the if() block
> should be compiled away removing references to davinci_mdio_probe_dt().
>
> The code does get compiled out and there are no references to
> davinci_mdio_probe_dt() in the final object when !CONFIG_OF.
>
> But the compile error remains if the #ifdefs you removed above are
> installed back. Not sure why.

The way that "if (IS_ENABLED())" works, everything gets compiled at
first, but then the compiler uses dead code elimination to remove it
from the output after verifying that everything builds.

       Arnd
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