Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:53:59 +0200 | From | Tilman Schmidt <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_PROVE_RCU breaks proprietary modules (rcu_lock_map) |
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Am 29.03.2010 17:09 schrieb Paul E. McKenney: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:04:42PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] >> So if building a proprietary module fails with the message: >> >> FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module <module> uses GPL-only symbol >> 'rcu_lock_map' >> >> try rebuilding your kernel with the PROVE_RCU option disabled. >> >> Hope it helps someone. > > I am comfortable with PROVE_RCU being incompatible with non-GPL modules. > After all, it is only a debugging option, not intended for production use.
I agree completely. I just wanted to publish that fact because it seems to be little known and can be quite a puzzler.
Thanks, Tilman
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