Re: [PATCH v3] binder: Fix up Kconfig dependancy due to removal of .c code
From: Carlos Llamas
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 05:22:19 EST
On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 09:46:44AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When the .c binder code was removed, building the kernel if the rust
> binder code was enabled, will cause the binder to not be built at all as
> the option changed from .c to .rs which is probably not what the
> original build wanted.
The idea was to avoid silently dropping CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC, but I
hadn't thought about this use case you mention. I agree it's better to
keep things explicit as _RUST.
>
> Fix this up by renaming the option back to the _RUST version. If in the
> future, that suffix wants to be dropped, we can do so and then it will
> be prompted for a choice again, but for this release cycle, it should
> stay as-is.
>
> Fixes: binder: rm -f binder.c
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Worked for me, I found no regressions. Thanks!
Tested-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>