linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_RELOCATABLE modpost fix

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Message-Id: <1155087156.4341.66.camel@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:32:36 +0900
From:	Magnus Damm <magnus@...inux.co.jp>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fastboot@...ts.osdl.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_RELOCATABLE modpost fix

Hi again Sam,

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 20:39 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 05:32:11PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE modpost fix
> > 
> > Run modpost on vmlinux regardless of CONFIG_MODULES.
> Below is my take on this one.
> - Dropped -rR since this is default now
> - Dropped subdir- assignment in scripts/Makefile since it is redundant
> - Always pass vmlinux ti modpost so we have full updated info
> - Print out number of modules being mod posted to distingush from
>   vmlinux one
> - use vmlinux as target name to enable nicer quiet command print

Your patch seems to work as expected if I add a return 0 at the end of
modpost.c:secref_whitelist(). I like how you printed out the number of
modules being processed. I have one minor comment about your patch:

Modpost seems to get run twice on vmlinux if the kernel is built with
"make all". I think it would be best to run modpost on vmlinux only when
vmlinux is built - never when modules are processed.

Thanks,

/ magnus


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