linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Fix up CONFIG

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Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:03 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Am?rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Fix up CONFIG_KALLSYMS=n build.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 05:24:20PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:19:22 pm Américo Wang wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote:
> > > Starting from commit 4a4962263f07d14660849ec134ee42b63e95ea9a
> > > "reduce symbol table for loaded modules (v2)", the kernel/module.c build
> > > is broken with CONFIG_KALLSYMS disabled.
> > >
> > >  CC      kernel/module.o
> > > kernel/module.c:1995: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'Elf_Hdr'
> > > kernel/module.c:1995: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '*' token
> > > kernel/module.c: In function 'load_module':
> > > kernel/module.c:2203: error: 'strmap' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > kernel/module.c:2203: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > > kernel/module.c:2203: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > > kernel/module.c:2239: error: 'symoffs' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > kernel/module.c:2239: error: implicit declaration of function 'layout_symtab'
> > > kernel/module.c:2240: error: 'stroffs' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > make[1]: *** [kernel/module.o] Error 1
> > > make: *** [kernel/module.o] Error 2
> > >
> > > There are three different issues:
> > >
> > >    - layout_symtab() takes a const Elf_Ehdr
> > >
> > >    - layout_symtab() needs to return a value
> > >
> > >    - symoffs/stroffs/strmap are referenced by the load_module() code
> > >      despite being ifdefed out, which seems unnecessary given the noop
> > >      behaviour of layout_symtab()/add_kallsyms() in the case of
> > >      CONFIG_KALLSYMS=n.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
> > > Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
> > > Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> > 
> > Indeed.
> > 
> > Acked-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> And this completes the set:
> 
> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

Hmm, I expected you to take this patch and forward to Linus?
In which case I had expected to see a "S-o-b".

	Sam
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