linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: Rename ice to qcom-ice to avoid module name conflict

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Message-ID: <ZF4otoqwH4sNwF6o@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2023 14:53:26 +0300
From:   Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: Rename ice to qcom-ice to avoid module name
 conflict

On 23-05-10 13:55:55, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 10:44:04AM +0300, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > The following error was reported when building x86_64 allmodconfig:
> > 
> > error: the following would cause module name conflict:
> >   drivers/soc/qcom/ice.ko
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko
> > 
> > Seems the 'ice' module name is already used by some Intel ethernet
> > driver, so lets rename the Qualcomm Inline Crypto Engine (ICE) from
> > 'ice' to 'qcom-ice' to avoid any kind of errors/confusions.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> > Fixes: 2afbf43a4aec ("soc: qcom: Make the Qualcomm UFS/SDCC ICE a dedicated driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > The build failure was reported here:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230510111833.17810885@canb.auug.org.au/
> > 
> >  drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile              | 2 +-
> >  drivers/soc/qcom/{ice.c => qcom-ice.c} | 0
> >  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  rename drivers/soc/qcom/{ice.c => qcom-ice.c} (100%)
> > 
> 
> You can just rename the module name to "qcom-ice" and still keep the driver name
> as "ice" as it is already under "qcom" subdirectory.
> 
> We do it for other drivers as well.

Yes, but in this case, it is not worth keeping the file name as is.

I'll send another version of this patch with the filename as qcom_ice.c
in order to be inline with the other ones.

> 
> - Mani
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> > index 0f43a88b4894..30219c164cb0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> > @@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_RPMHPD) += rpmhpd.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_RPMPD) += rpmpd.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_KRYO_L2_ACCESSORS) +=	kryo-l2-accessors.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_ICC_BWMON)	+= icc-bwmon.o
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_INLINE_CRYPTO_ENGINE)	+= ice.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_INLINE_CRYPTO_ENGINE)	+= qcom-ice.o
> > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-ice.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/soc/qcom/ice.c
> > rename to drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-ice.c
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 
> 
> -- 
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