If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
to end up with "circular dependencies".

Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com>
---

Sending as RFC as I haven't tested all the possible permutations
on config options right now to make sure this causes no changes,
but wanted to suggest this as a possible solution to the circular
dependency described here[0].

[0] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg5686254.html

 drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig b/drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig
index b1affac70d5dc..ffb2ef4882981 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/Kconfig
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 config REGMAP
 	bool
 	default y if (REGMAP_I2C || REGMAP_SPI || REGMAP_SPMI || REGMAP_W1 || REGMAP_AC97 || REGMAP_MMIO || REGMAP_IRQ || REGMAP_SOUNDWIRE || REGMAP_SOUNDWIRE_MBQ || REGMAP_SCCB || REGMAP_I3C || REGMAP_SPI_AVMM || REGMAP_MDIO || REGMAP_FSI)
-	select IRQ_DOMAIN if REGMAP_IRQ
-	select MDIO_BUS if REGMAP_MDIO
 	help
 	  Enable support for the Register Map (regmap) access API.
 
@@ -58,12 +56,14 @@ config REGMAP_W1
 
 config REGMAP_MDIO
 	tristate
+	select MDIO_BUS
 
 config REGMAP_MMIO
 	tristate
 
 config REGMAP_IRQ
 	bool
+	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 
 config REGMAP_RAM
 	tristate
-- 
2.39.2

On Fri, 16 May 2025 09:17:22 -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
> This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
> based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
> to end up with "circular dependencies".
> 
> Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
> use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
> likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regmap.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] regmap: Move selecting for REGMAP_MDIO and REGMAP_IRQ
      commit: c5a219395b4e6312102a505bfe73aac8f8bada8c

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
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Thanks,
Mark

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 09:17:22AM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
> This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
> based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
> to end up with "circular dependencies".
> 
> Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
> use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
> likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.

None of these selects should actually do anything since the symbols are
themselves selected?

On 5/19/25 5:12 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 09:17:22AM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
>> If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
>> This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
>> based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
>> to end up with "circular dependencies".
>>
>> Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
>> use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
>> likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.
> 
> None of these selects should actually do anything since the symbols are
> themselves selected?

I was thinking the same, but turns out (and I had to check to prove it to
myself) that "select" actually follows up the dependency tree. So unlike
"depends on" which is weird(broken), "select" functions in a sane way.

Andrew

On 16/05/2025 16:17, Andrew Davis wrote:
> If either REGMAP_IRQ or REGMAP_MDIO are set then REGMAP is also set.
> This then enables the selecting of IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from REGMAP
> based on the above two symbols respectively. This makes it very easy
> to end up with "circular dependencies".
> 
> Instead select the IRQ_DOMAIN or MDIO_BUS from the symbols that make
> use of them. This is almost equivalent to before but makes it less
> likely to end up with false circular dependency detections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com>
> ---
> 
> Sending as RFC as I haven't tested all the possible permutations
> on config options right now to make sure this causes no changes,
> but wanted to suggest this as a possible solution to the circular
> dependency described here[0].


Reported-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bfe991fa-f54c-4d58-b2e0-34c4e4eb48f4@linaro.org/
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Looks ok and seems to solve issues I saw.

This is a potential dependency for a mux patch I want to send to Greg
for upcoming merge window, so it would be great if this was marked as fixes
and got to current RC. Or optionally I could take it with mentioned
mux patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250515140555.325601-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org/


Best regards,
Krzysztof