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

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Message-Id: <20200412.210341.1711540878857604145.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:03:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/3com/3c515: Fix MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC redefinition

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:56:23 +0200

> 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>

I'm so confused, that commit in the Fixes: tag is _removing_ code but adding
new #include directives?!?!

Is vermagic.h really needed in these files?