linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/perf/intel/rapl: Fix module name collision with powercap intel-rapl

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Message-ID: <20160708132329.GA1640@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:23:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/perf/intel/rapl: Fix module name collision with
 powercap intel-rapl


* Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 06:06:49PM +0300, ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > Since commit 4b6e2571bf00 ("x86/perf/intel/rapl: Make the Intel RAPL PMU driver modular")
> > the rapl perf module calls itself intel-rapl. That name was
> > already in use by the rapl powercap driver, which now fails to
> > load if the perf module is loaded. Fix the problem by renaming the
> > perf module to intel-rapl-perf, so that both modules can coexist.
> 
> Ping?

It's in perf/urgent:

        #  175a20c16fdb x86/perf/intel/rapl: Fix module name collision with powercap intel-rapl

Thanks,

	Ingo