linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Fix device table module aliases

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <13384578-a7e7-439a-8f30-387a2cb92680@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:01:40 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	laokz <laokz@...mail.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@...e.com>,
	Weinan Liu <wnliu@...gle.com>,
	Fazla Mehrab <a.mehrab@...edance.com>,
	Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@...wei.com>,
	Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@...nel.org>,
	Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Fix device table module aliases

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 10:53:40AM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> Commit 6717e8f91db7 ("kbuild: Remove 'kmod_' prefix from
> __KBUILD_MODNAME") inadvertently broke module alias generation for
> modules which rely on MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE().

It'd be really good to get this fix applied, modules not loading is
hugely impacting CI coverage for -next - a lot of systems aren't even
able to get their rootfs due to the drivers for it being built as
modules.

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (489 bytes)