Re: [PATCH v12 clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Provide kernel module to test clocksource watchdog

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 05:49:51PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi "Paul,
> 
> I love your patch! Yet something to improve:
> 
> [auto build test ERROR on tip/timers/core]
> [also build test ERROR on tip/x86/core linux/master linus/master v5.12]
> [cannot apply to next-20210430]
> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Paul-E-McKenney/Do-not-mark-clocks-unstable-due-to-delays-for-v5-13/20210501-083404
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 2d036dfa5f10df9782f5278fc591d79d283c1fad
> config: mips-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: mips-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/95bd62102b4d0bedef8d834a09697cd6daa96f25
>         git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
>         git fetch --no-tags linux-review Paul-E-McKenney/Do-not-mark-clocks-unstable-due-to-delays-for-v5-13/20210501-083404
>         git checkout 95bd62102b4d0bedef8d834a09697cd6daa96f25
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross W=1 ARCH=mips 
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):
> 
> >> ERROR: modpost: "clocksource_verify_percpu" [kernel/time/clocksource-wdtest.ko] undefined!

Good show, you beat my test suite that includes allmodconfig.  ;-)

Does the fixup patch below help?  (It works here.)

							Thanx, Paul

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commit 70e662d3cfe370490f310b81aaedf47d5d7cf55e
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Sat May 1 08:57:53 2021 -0700

    squash! clocksource: Provide kernel module to test clocksource watchdog
    
    [ paulmck: Export clocksource_verify_percpu per kernel test robot. ]
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index f9466dcd4bf3..9ac76fbe00fb 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ void clocksource_verify_percpu(struct clocksource *cs)
 		pr_warn("        CPU %d check durations %lldns - %lldns for clocksource %s.\n",
 			testcpu, cs_nsec_min, cs_nsec_max, cs->name);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clocksource_verify_percpu);
 
 static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 {