linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for January 18 (__modver_version

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Message-ID: <4D37890A.5000005@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:59:54 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for January 18 (__modver_version_show)

On 01/19/11 16:38, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 08:12:19AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 01/19/11 08:10, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 01/18/11 21:09, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>>> Hi Randy,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:17:49 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm seeing this on several builds (i386 and x86_64):
>>>>>
>>>>> lib/built-in.o:(__modver+0x8): undefined reference to `__modver_version_show'
>>>>> lib/built-in.o:(__modver+0x2c): undefined reference to `__modver_version_show'
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like the compiler or linker is dropping that function from the
>>>>> build since it cannot see any references to it...
>>>>> At least __modver_version_show is not in the kernel/params.o file.
>>>>
>>>> Do these builds have CONFIG_SYSFS set?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, they all do (50 random builds have CONFIG_SYSFS=y).
>>
>> Gawd, what bad grepping this morning.
>>
>> You hit the nail.  They do not have SYSFS enabled.
>>
> 
> Argh, this one is my fault, the following should fix it.
> 

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy
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