netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/18] x86/mm: Rename is_kernel_text to __is_kernel

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:44:06 -0800
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...hat.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] x86/mm: Rename is_kernel_text to __is_kernel_text

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 5:04 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The kbuild test robot reported compile issue on x86 in one of
> the following patches that adds <linux/kallsyms.h> include into
> <linux/bpf.h>, which is picked up by init_32.c object.
>
> The problem is that <linux/kallsyms.h> defines global function
> is_kernel_text which colides with the static function of the
> same name defined in init_32.c:
>
>   $ make ARCH=i386
>   ...
>   >> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c:241:19: error: redefinition of 'is_kernel_text'
>     static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
>                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    In file included from include/linux/bpf.h:21:0,
>                     from include/linux/bpf-cgroup.h:5,
>                     from include/linux/cgroup-defs.h:22,
>                     from include/linux/cgroup.h:28,
>                     from include/linux/hugetlb.h:9,
>                     from arch/x86/mm/init_32.c:18:
>    include/linux/kallsyms.h:31:19: note: previous definition of 'is_kernel_text' was here
>     static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
>
> Renaming the init_32.c is_kernel_text function to __is_kernel_text.
>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>