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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] modpost: do not set ->preloaded for symbols from Module.symvers
On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 3:52 AM Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 1:51 AM Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Now that there is no overwrap between symbols from ELF files and
> >> > ones from Module.symvers.
> >> >
> >> > So, the 'exported twice' warning should be reported irrespective
> >> > of where the symbol in question came from. Only the exceptional case
> >> > is when __crc_<sym> symbol appears before __ksymtab_<sym>. This
> >> > typically occurs for EXPORT_SYMBOL in .S files.
> >>
> >> Hi, Masahiro,
> >>
> >> After apply this patch, I get the following modpost warnings when doing:
> >>
> >> $ make M=tools/tesing/nvdimm
> >> ...
> >> Building modules, stage 2.
> >> MODPOST 12 modules
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'nvdimm_bus_lock' exported
> >> twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'nvdimm_bus_unlock'
> >> exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'is_nvdimm_bus_locked'
> >> exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'devm_nvdimm_memremap'
> >> exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'nd_fletcher64' exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'to_nd_desc' exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> WARNING: tools/testing/nvdimm/libnvdimm: 'to_nvdimm_bus_dev'
> >> exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/nvdimm/libnvdimm.ko
> >> ...
> >>
> >> There are a lot of these warnings. :)
> >
> > These warnings are correct since
> > drivers/nvdimm/Makefile and
> > tools/testing/nvdimm/Kbuild
> > compile the same files.
>
> Yeah, but that's by design. Is there a way to silence these warnings?
>
> -Jeff
>

"rm -f Module.symvers; make M=tools/testing/nvdimm" ?

I'd like the _design_ fixed though.


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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