Re: [PATCH] Remove MODULE_ALIAS() calls that take undefined macro

From: Daniel Lezcano
Date: Mon May 06 2019 - 13:40:33 EST


On 06/05/2019 19:28, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> These files do not define (USBHS_)DRIVER_NAME. Yet, they can be
> successfully compiled because they are never built as a module by
> anyone, i.e, the MODULE_ALIAS() calls are always no-op.
>
> A problem showed up when a patch "moduleparam: Save information about
> built-in modules in separate file" is applied. With this new feature,
> MODULE_*() are populated even if the callers are built-in.
>
> To avoid the build errors, the lines referencing to the undefined
> macro must be removed.
>
> The complete fix is to remove all MODULE_* and #include <linux/module.h>
> like many "make ... explicitly non-modular" commits did.
>
> For now, I am touching the offending lines.
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>




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