linux-kernel - modpost Module.symver handling is broken in 5.6.0-rc7

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:25:23 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        'Linus Torvalds' <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: modpost Module.symver handling is broken in 5.6.0-rc7

Something is currently broken in modpost.
I'm guessing it is down to the recent patch that moved the
namespace back to the end of the line.

I'm building 2 'out of tree' modules that have a symbol dependency.
When I build the 2nd module I get ERROR "symbol" undefined message.

If I flip the order of the fields in Module.symver to the older order
and link with modpost from 5.4.0-rc7 (which I happen to have lurking)
it all works fine.

Note that I'm using a named namespace, not the default one
that is the full path of the module.

I'll dig in a little further.

	David

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