linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved symbols

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Message-ID: <44FEE3A6.1080009@sw.ru>
Date:	Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:05:10 +0400
From:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrey Mirkin <amirkin@...ru>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved symbols

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 05:47:25PM +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> 
>>At stage 2 modpost utility is used to check modules.
>>In case of unresolved symbols modpost only prints warning.
>>
>>IMHO it is a good idea to fail compilation process in case of
>>unresolved symbols, since usually such errors are left unnoticed,
>>but kernel modules are broken.
> 
> 
> The primary reason why we do not fail in this case is that building
> external modules often result in unresolved symbols at modpost time.
> 
> And there is many legitime uses of external modules that we shall support.
ok. is it ok for you to introduce new Make target 'modules_check'?

Thanks,
Kirill
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