RE: [PATCH] module: fix mutiple defined issue

From: Inki Dae
Date: Mon Apr 29 2013 - 03:56:21 EST


Hi,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-kernel-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Uwe Kleine-Konig
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:35 PM
> To: Inki Dae
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dri-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: fix mutiple defined issue
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 02:32:01PM +0900, Inki Dae wrote:
> > This patch fixes mutiple defined issue to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
> s/mutiple/multiple/, still this sentence doesn't sound right. What is
> the error message you see?
>
> > The issue could be induced when some framework which includes two
> > more sub drivers, is built as one moudle because those sub drivers
> s/moudle/module/
>
> > could have their own MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE.
> >
> > And 'struct of_device_id' isn't needed to be determined by type
> > argument because the definition of 'of_device_id' should be fixed.
> > So this patch makes 'of_devce_id' definition to be fixed and
> > only its instance name to be defined by type.
> include/linux/isapnp.h uses:
> #define ISAPNP_CARD_TABLE(name) \
> MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(isapnp_card, name)
>
> and you changed the table's type with your patch. Ditto for all users of
>
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, ...);
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, ...);
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, ...);
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, ...);
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(sdio, ...);
>
> So I'm pretty sure your patch is wrong and I expect it makes most
> defconfigs fail to compile.
>

It might be my big mistake. Maybe xxx_device_id object was created device
tree internally. Right? Will check it out again. So please ignore it.

Thanks,
Inki Dae


> Best regards
> Uwe
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Inki Dae <inki.dae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/module.h | 2 +-
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> > index 46f1ea0..ac5d79f 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/module.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> > @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void trim_init_extable(struct module *m);
> >
> > #ifdef MODULE
> > #define MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(gtype,name) \
> > -extern const struct gtype##_id __mod_##gtype##_table \
> > +extern const struct of_device_id __mod_##gtype##_table \
> > __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))
> >
> > #else /* !MODULE */
> > --
> > 1.7.5.4
> >
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