Re: [PATCH] gcov: include linux/module.h for within_module

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Mar 29 2019 - 14:01:26 EST


On 3/29/19 10:45 AM, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Fixes commit 8c3d220cb6b5 ("gcov: clang support")
>
> Cc: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tri Vo <trong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kbuild-all@xxxxxx
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=155384681109231&w=2
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
see https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20190328225107.ULwYw%25akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#mee26c00158574326e807480fc39dfcbd7bebd5fd

Did you test this? kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c includes local "gcov.h",
which includes <linux/module.h>, so why didn't that work or why
does this patch work?

thanks.

> ---
> kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c | 1 +
> kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c
> index 801ee4b0b969..0eda59ef57df 100644
> --- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c
> +++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> */
>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> index ec37563674d6..677851284fe2 100644
> --- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> +++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> */
>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>


--
~Randy