linux-kernel - Re: i2c-designware-core: KBUILD_MODNAME undeclared [was: Build regressions/improvements in v3.6-rc1]

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:18:02 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dirk.brandewie@...il.com,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, jbaron@...hat.com,
	ben-linux@...ff.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: i2c-designware-core: KBUILD_MODNAME undeclared [was: Build regressions/improvements
  in v3.6-rc1]

On 08/31/2012 02:44 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Jiri, Geert,
> 
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:01:38 +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On 08/04/2012 11:24 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
>>> v3.6-rc1[1] compared to v3.5[2].
>> ...
>>>   + drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c: error: 'KBUILD_MODNAME' undeclared (first use in this function):
>>
>> This is a real problem we are facing here. It happens on PPC when all
>> I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM, I2C_DESIGNWARE_PCI and DYNAMIC_DEBUG are set.
>>
>> It's because i2c-designware-core.c is used in two modules
>> (i2c-designware-platform and i2c-designware-pci) and KBUILD_MODNAME is
>> not defined for those because (scripts/Makefile.lib):
>> # $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module
>> # it will end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
>> # Note: Files that end up in two or more modules are compiled
>> #       without the KBUILD_MODNAME definition. The reason is
>> #       that any made-up name would differ in different configs.
>>
>> But DYNAMIC_DEBUG needs KBUILD_MODNAME for dev_dbg used in that source.
>>
>> Any ideas? Why is it not a separate module for example?
> 
> It should be. Axel Lin has posted a patch which does that and it should
> fix your problem:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/13/233
> 
> Please test and confirm it does the right thing. I'll push the patch
> upstream if it does.

Yes, it does.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs
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