linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: use MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX with module

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906191129kc1b08cdr3373d972f1e710f0@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:29:20 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: use MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX with module_layout

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:02, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:19:22 pm Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> The check_modstruct_version() needs to look up the symbol "module_layout"
>> in the kernel, but it does so literally and not by a C identifier.  The
>> trouble is that it does not include a symbol prefix for those ports that
>> need it (like the Blackfin and H8300 port).  So make sure we tack on the
>> MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX define to the front of it.
>
> Thanks, applied.  I'm surprised this took so long to find.

well, technically i first noticed on 2007-10-24, but the fix that went
in internally sucked and people forgot about it ;)
-mike
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