linux-kernel - next-20250915: powerpc: ERROR: modpost: "libie_fwlog_init" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko] undefined!

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Message-ID: <CA+G9fYvH8d6pJRbHpOCMZFjgDCff3zcL_AsXL-nf5eB2smS8SA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:33:12 +0530
From: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
To: open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, 
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, 
	Linux Regressions <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Cc: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>, Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>, 
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>, Qiang Liu <liuqiang@...inos.cn>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: next-20250915: powerpc: ERROR: modpost: "libie_fwlog_init"
 [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko] undefined!

The following build warnings / errors are noticed on the powerpc
with ppc6xx_defconfig build on the Linux next-20250915 tag.

First seen on next-20250915
Good: next-20250912
Bad: next-20250915

Regression Analysis:
- New regression? yes
- Reproducibility? yes

* powerpc, build
  - gcc-13-ppc6xx_defconfig
  - gcc-8-ppc6xx_defconfig

Build regression: next-20250915: powerpc: ERROR: modpost:
"libie_fwlog_init" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko]
undefined!

Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>

## Build log
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/block/swim3.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx_phy.o
ERROR: modpost: "libie_fwlog_init"
[drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "libie_get_fwlog_data"
[drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "libie_fwlog_deinit"
[drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko] undefined!
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error 1

## Source
* Kernel version: 6.17.0-rc6
* Git tree: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
* Git describe: 6.17.0-rc6-next-20250915
* Git commit: c3067c2c38316c3ef013636c93daa285ee6aaa2e
* Architectures: powerpc
* Toolchains: gcc-13 and gcc-8
* Kconfigs: ppc6xx_defconfig

## Build
* Build log: https://qa-reports.linaro.org/api/testruns/29894450/log_file/
* Build details:
https://regressions.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/next-20250915/build/gcc-13-ppc6xx_defconfig/
* Build plan: https://tuxapi.tuxsuite.com/v1/groups/linaro/projects/lkft/builds/32l4NthnSk7ehgpfv9NJaE6gjqk
* Build link: https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/32l4NthnSk7ehgpfv9NJaE6gjqk/
* Kernel config:
https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/32l4NthnSk7ehgpfv9NJaE6gjqk/config

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