linux-kernel - Re: [Regression] depmod fails on kernel 6.17.1 rc1

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Message-ID: <82e2ce7f-bd08-4b53-b232-3dd8cb1a0726@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 07:20:26 +0100
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 Alex Davis <alex47794@...il.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
 Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
 linux-serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Regression] depmod fails on kernel 6.17.1 rc1

On 06. 11. 25, 19:00, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> This seems to resolve the build issue for me:
> 
> --
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Ilpo=20J=C3=A4rvinen?= <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] serial: 8250: Fix 8250_rsa symbol loop
> 
> make allmodconfig build fails due to dependency loop:
> 
>    depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: 8250 -> 8250_base -> 8250
>    depmod: ERROR: Found 2 modules in dependency cycles!
> 
> Break dependency loop by moving 8250_rsa.o into 8250_base and by
> passing univ8250_port_base_ops to univ8250_rsa_support() that can make
> a local copy of it.
> 
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Reported-by: Alex Davis <alex47794@...il.com>
> Fixes: b20d6576cdb3 ("serial: 8250: export RSA functions")
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>

LGTM, thanks for the fix.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>

If the reporters could give it a shot and mark this by Tested-by, it 
would be great...

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs