netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/3com/3c515: Fix MODULE_ARCH

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Date:   Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:11:56 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/3com/3c515: Fix MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC redefinition

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 05:56:23PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>
> Change the include order so that MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC from the arch
> header arch/x86/include/asm/module.h gets used instead of the fallback
> from include/linux/vermagic.h and thus fix:
>
>   In file included from ./include/linux/module.h:30,
>                    from drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:56:
>   ./arch/x86/include/asm/module.h:73: warning: "MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC" redefined
>      73 | # define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY
>         |
>   In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:25:
>   ./include/linux/vermagic.h:28: note: this is the location of the previous definition
>      28 | #define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC ""
>         |
>
> Fixes: 6bba2e89a88c ("net/3com: Delete driver and module versions from 3com drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Probably, this is the right change, but I have a feeling that the right
solution will be inside headers itself. It is a little bit strange that
both very common kernel headers like module.h and vermagic.h are location
dependant.

Thanks

>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c
> index 90312fcd6319..cdceef891dbd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
>
>  */
>
> -#include <linux/vermagic.h>
>  #define DRV_NAME		"3c515"
>
>  #define CORKSCREW 1
> @@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
>  #include <linux/timer.h>
>  #include <linux/ethtool.h>
>  #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/vermagic.h>
>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
> --
> 2.21.0
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
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