linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: make module name conflict a warning again

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Message-Id: <20200609003752.428817-1-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  9 Jun 2020 09:37:52 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: make module name conflict a warning again

The module name conflict is still remaining.

  error: the following would cause module name conflict:
    drivers/char/adi.ko
    drivers/input/joystick/adi.ko

Make it a warning again to build sparc64 allmodconfig successfully.

Fixes: 8451791d1ff0 ("kbuild: make module name conflict fatal error")
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/modules-check.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/modules-check.sh b/scripts/modules-check.sh
index 43de226071ae..8b1785863c64 100755
--- a/scripts/modules-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/modules-check.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ check_same_name_modules()
 {
 	for m in $(sed 's:.*/::' $1 | sort | uniq -d)
 	do
-		echo "error: the following would cause module name conflict:" >&2
+		echo "warning: the following would cause module name conflict:" >&2
 		sed -n "/\/$m/s:^:  :p" modules.order >&2
-		exit_code=1
+		# TODO: turn this into an error after fixing all warnings
+		#exit_code=1
 	done
 }
 
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