On Mon 12 Jul 05:37 PDT 2021, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote: [..] > diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..22573b60e008 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h > @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ > +/* > + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021. > + */ > + > +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ > +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ > + > +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) This does allow you to build a kernel with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y without link failures. Any modules in the system will be able to call rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(), but the rpmsg_ctrl driver will only end up in the stub. This sounds like a recipe for a terrible debugging session... Regards, Bjorn > +/** > + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint > + * @rpdev: prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints > + * @parent: parent device > + * @chinfo: associated endpoint channel information. > + * > + * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new > + * endpoint based on chinfo information. > + */ > +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent, > + struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo); > + > +/** > + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint. > + * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device > + * > + * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL > + * control. > + */ > +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data); > + > +#else /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */ > + > +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent, > + struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo) > +{ > + return -EINVAL; > +} > + > +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data) > +{ > + /* This shouldn't be possible */ > + WARN_ON(1); > + > + return 0; > +} > + > +#endif /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */ > + > +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */ > -- > 2.17.1 >