Re: Linux-3.4-rc7 [build failure]

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun May 13 2012 - 11:16:31 EST


On Sun, 13 May 2012, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2012, Paweł Sikora wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > i see a build failure on modular kernel.
> >
> > (...)
> > Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#15)
> > MODPOST 3501 modules
> > ERROR: "handle_edge_irq" [drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "irq_to_desc" [drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.ko] undefined!
> > WARNING: modpost: Found 4 section mismatch(es).
> > (...)
>
> This is caused by
>
> commit df9541a60af0985c3a756dc5f99b9253d2565a07
> Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat Apr 28 10:13:45 2012 +0200
>
> gpio: pch9: Use proper flow type handlers
>
>
> as it adds
>
> __irq_set_handler_locked(d->irq, handle_edge_irq);
>
> but handle_edge_irq() is not exported for modules (and inlined
> __irq_set_handler_locked() requires irq_to_desc() exported as well)
>
> Thus the patch below fixes it; adding Thomas to CC to get his Ack for this
> first though.

Hrmpf. I'll take it via irg/urgent

>
>
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] genirq: export handle_edge_irq() and irq_to_desc()
>
> Export handle_edge_irq() and irq_to_desc() to modules to allow them to
> do things such as
>
> __irq_set_handler_locked(...., handle_edge_irq);
>
> This fixes
>
> ERROR: "handle_edge_irq" [drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "irq_to_desc" [drivers/gpio/gpio-pch.ko] undefined!
>
> when gpio-pch is being built as a module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/irq/chip.c | 1 +
> kernel/irq/irqdesc.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> index 6080f6b..3914c1e 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
> @@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ handle_edge_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
> out_unlock:
> raw_spin_unlock(&desc->lock);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(handle_edge_irq);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_EDGE_EOI_HANDLER
> /**
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
> index d86e254..192a302 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)
> {
> return radix_tree_lookup(&irq_desc_tree, irq);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_to_desc);
>
> static void delete_irq_desc(unsigned int irq)
> {
>
> --
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
>
>