Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] drivers/gpu/drm: don't select DMA_CMA or CMA from aspeed or etnaviv

From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>, David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>,
	Russell King <linux+etnaviv@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner@gmail.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>,
	linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	etnaviv@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] drivers/gpu/drm: don't select DMA_CMA or CMA from aspeed or etnaviv
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 12:56:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YG7TZa8VP458QS5y@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210408092011.52763-3-david@redhat.com>

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:20:11AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Random drivers should not override a user configuration of core knobs
> (e.g., CONFIG_DMA_CMA=n). Use "imply" instead, to still respect
> dependencies and manual overrides.
> 
> "This is similar to "select" as it enforces a lower limit on another
>  symbol except that the "implied" symbol's value may still be set to n
>  from a direct dependency or with a visible prompt."
> 
> Implying DRM_CMA should be sufficient, as that depends on CMA.

          ^ DMA_CMA
> 
> Note: If this is a real dependency, we should use "depends on DMA_CMA"
> instead -  but I assume the driver can work without CMA just fine --
> esp. when we wouldn't have HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS right now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig  | 3 +--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig
> index 5e95bcea43e9..a055f763d230 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig
> @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ config DRM_ASPEED_GFX
>  	depends on MMU
>  	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
>  	select DRM_KMS_CMA_HELPER
> -	select DMA_CMA if HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
> -	select CMA if HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
>  	select MFD_SYSCON
> +	imply DRM_CMA

Ditto

>  	help
>  	  Chose this option if you have an ASPEED AST2500 SOC Display
>  	  Controller (aka GFX).
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
> index faa7fc68b009..5f5576b7221a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
> @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ config DRM_ETNAVIV
>  	select THERMAL if DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL
>  	select TMPFS
>  	select WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
> -	select CMA if HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
> -	select DMA_CMA if HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
>  	select DRM_SCHED
> +	imply DMA_CMA
>  	help
>  	  DRM driver for Vivante GPUs.
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.