Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:50:37 +0100 | From | Jessica Yu <> | Subject | Re: modpost Module.symver handling is broken in 5.6.0-rc7 |
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+++ David Laight [26/03/20 16:25 +0000]: >Something is currently broken in modpost. >I'm guessing it is down to the recent patch that moved the >namespace back to the end of the line. > >I'm building 2 'out of tree' modules that have a symbol dependency. >When I build the 2nd module I get ERROR "symbol" undefined message. > >If I flip the order of the fields in Module.symver to the older order >and link with modpost from 5.4.0-rc7 (which I happen to have lurking) >it all works fine. > >Note that I'm using a named namespace, not the default one >that is the full path of the module. > >I'll dig in a little further.
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Hi David,
Could you provide some more details about how I can reproduce the issue? As I understand it, you have two out-of-tree modules, and one has a symbol dependency on the second? Pasting the modpost error messages helps too.
Thanks,
Jessica
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