linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] modpost: fix unwanted VMLINUX_SYMBOL

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Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:40:19 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	arjan@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	andy.shevchenko@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] modpost: fix unwanted VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR expansion

James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com> writes:
> Commit a4b6a77b77ba4f526392612c2365797fab956014 ("module: fix symbol
> versioning with symbol prefixes") broke the MODVERSIONS loading of any
> module using memcmp (e.g. ipv6) on x86_32, as it's defined to
> __builtin_memcmp which is expanded by VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR. Use
> __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR instead which doesn't expand the argument.
>
> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>
> I've corrected commit message tags for Rusty's convenience.
> Updated Reported-by to include Andy
> Taken the liberty of adding Tetsuo's Tested-by

Applied.

Thanks especially for chasing this: I was away for a few days last week.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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