linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v5.4-rc3

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Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:05:06 +0200
From:   Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v5.4-rc3

Hi Linus,

Please pull this set of fixes for v5.4-rc3, consisting of code
cleanups and kbuild/namespace related fixups from Masahiro. Most
importantly, it fixed a namespace-related modpost issue for external
module builds. Details can be found in the signed tag.

Thanks,

Jessica

-----

The following changes since commit 54ecb8f7028c5eb3d740bb82b0f1d90f2df63c5c:

  Linux 5.4-rc1 (2019-09-30 10:35:40 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  ssh://git@...olite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux.git tags/modules-for-v5.4-rc3

for you to fetch changes up to fcfacb9f83745d9fa97937b8bc94a73bb0607912:

  doc: move namespaces.rst from kbuild/ to core-api/ (2019-10-08 17:40:01 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Modules fixes for v5.4-rc3

- Fix broken external module builds due to a modpost bug in read_dump(),
  where the namespace was not being strdup'd and sym->namespace would be
  set to bogus data.
- Various namespace-related kbuild fixes and cleanups thanks to
  Masahiro Yamada.

Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>

----------------------------------------------------------------
Masahiro Yamada (7):
      module: swap the order of symbol.namespace
      modpost: fix broken sym->namespace for external module builds
      module: rename __kstrtab_ns_* to __kstrtabns_* to avoid symbol conflict
      kbuild: fix build error of 'make nsdeps' in clean tree
      nsdeps: fix hashbang of scripts/nsdeps
      nsdeps: make generated patches independent of locale
      doc: move namespaces.rst from kbuild/ to core-api/

YueHaibing (1):
      scripts: add_namespace: Fix coccicheck failed

 Documentation/core-api/index.rst                   |  1 +
 .../symbol-namespaces.rst}                         |  0
 MAINTAINERS                                        |  1 +
 Makefile                                           |  2 +-
 include/linux/export.h                             | 10 ++++----
 scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci        |  2 ++
 scripts/mod/modpost.c                              | 29 +++++++++++-----------
 scripts/nsdeps                                     |  4 +--
 8 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/{kbuild/namespaces.rst => core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst} (100%)