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  1. May 18, 2019
    • Masahiro Yamada's avatar
      kbuild: check uniqueness of module names · 3a48a919
      Masahiro Yamada authored
      In the recent build test of linux-next, Stephen saw a build error
      caused by a broken .tmp_versions/*.mod file:
      
        https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/13/991
      
      
      
      drivers/net/phy/asix.ko and drivers/net/usb/asix.ko have the same
      basename, and there is a race in generating .tmp_versions/asix.mod
      
      Kbuild has not checked this before, and it suddenly shows up with
      obscure error messages when this kind of race occurs.
      
      Non-unique module names cause various sort of problems, but it is
      not trivial to catch them by eyes.
      
      Hence, this script.
      
      It checks not only real modules, but also built-in modules (i.e.
      controlled by tristate CONFIG option, but currently compiled with =y).
      Non-unique names for built-in modules also cause problems because
      /sys/modules/ would fall over.
      
      For the latest kernel, I tested "make allmodconfig all" (or more
      quickly "make allyesconfig modules"), and it detected the following:
      
      warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
        drivers/regulator/88pm800.ko
        drivers/mfd/88pm800.ko
      warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
        drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.ko
        drivers/media/i2c/adv7511.ko
      warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
        drivers/net/phy/asix.ko
        drivers/net/usb/asix.ko
      warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
        fs/coda/coda.ko
        drivers/media/platform/coda/coda.ko
      warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
        drivers/net/phy/realtek.ko
        drivers/net/dsa/realtek.ko
      
      Reported-by: default avatarStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarLucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
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