Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] cpufreq/arch: powerpc: pasemi: Move prototypes to shared header

From: Lee Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:36:07 +0100

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020, Olof Johansson wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:07 PM Viresh Kumar <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > On 14-07-20, 15:50, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > If function callers and providers do not share the same prototypes the
> > > compiler complains of missing prototypes.  Fix this by moving the
> > > already existing prototypes out to a mutually convenient location.
> > >
> > > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> > >
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c:109:5: warning: no previous prototype for ‘check_astate’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > >  109 | int check_astate(void)
> > >  | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c:114:6: warning: no previous prototype for ‘restore_astate’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > >  114 | void restore_astate(int cpu)
> > >  | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > Cc: Olof Johansson <[email-masked]>
> > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
> > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
> > > Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email-masked]>
> > > Cc: [email-masked]
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/pasemi.h    | 15 ------------
> >
> > Is there no sane way we can include this file directly to the cpufreq
> > file ?
> 
> Yep. arch/powerpc seems to be in the search path for modules on powerpc, so:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
> index c66f566a854cb..815645170c4de 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
>  #include <asm/time.h>
>  #include <asm/smp.h>
> 
> +#include <platforms/pasemi/pasemi.h>
> +
>  #define SDCASR_REG             0x0100
>  #define SDCASR_REG_STRIDE      0x1000
>  #define SDCPWR_CFGA0_REG       0x0100

I searched for "include.*platforms/" in drivers/, and was scared off
this method since no one else does this.

But if it's a reasonable solution, great.  Will fix.

Thanks Olof.

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