[PATCH 1/2] drbd: fix rdma dependency
Christoph Böhmwalder
christoph.boehmwalder at linbit.com
Wed Mar 18 16:24:39 CET 2026
Am 18.03.26 um 11:48 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
>
> The new rdma transport module uses a trick to only build support
> if infiniband/rdma is enabled. This seems to be done the wrong way
> around, as it gets built if RDMA is in a loadable module, but not
> if it's built-in.
>
> However, this fails in configurations that have infiniband support
> in a loadable module but drbd built-in:
>
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_bind_addr" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_listen" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_destroy_id" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_destroy_qp" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_disconnect" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "__rdma_create_kernel_id" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_resolve_route" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_reject" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_accept" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "rdma_create_qp" [drivers/block/drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko] undefined!
>
> Address this by moving the logic from Makefile into Kconfig and
> describing the two conditions in which rdma transport can be used
> in drbd.
>
> Fixes: 038cb6e644e4 ("drbd: add RDMA transport implementation")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> ---
> drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig | 5 +++++
> drivers/block/drbd/Makefile | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig b/drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig
> index 377f0d040031..29ec6ed84251 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig
> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ config BLK_DEV_DRBD
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> +config DRBD_TRANSPORT_RDMA
> + tristate
> + depends on RDMA=y || (BLK_DEV_DRBD=RDMA)
> + default BLK_DEV_DRBD
> +
> config DRBD_FAULT_INJECTION
> bool "DRBD fault injection"
> depends on BLK_DEV_DRBD
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/Makefile b/drivers/block/drbd/Makefile
> index 99a1cfeed423..caf888235d53 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/Makefile
> @@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD) += drbd.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD) += drbd_transport_tcp.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD) += drbd_transport_lb-tcp.o
> -obj-$(if $(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD),$(if $(CONFIG_INFINIBAND),m)) += drbd_transport_rdma.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRBD_TRANSPORT_RDMA) += drbd_transport_rdma.o
Seems like we raced here, I already (supposedly?) fixed this on the
drbd-next branch.
My fix is this Kconfig:
config BLK_DEV_DRBD_RDMA
tristate "DRBD RDMA transport"
depends on BLK_DEV_DRBD && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS
help
RDMA transport support for DRBD. This enables DRBD replication
over RDMA-capable networks for lower latency and higher throughput.
If unsure, say N.
And then just this in the Makefile:
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD_RDMA) += drbd_transport_rdma.o
That should be equivalent, right?
Thanks,
Christoph
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Christoph Böhmwalder
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