Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Ignore __this_module in gen_autoksyms.sh

[Steve Muckle]

On 6/16/22 12:57, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Module object files can contain an undefined reference to __this_module,
> which isn't resolved until we link the final .ko. The kernel doesn't
> export this symbol, so ignore it in gen_autoksyms.sh. This avoids an
> unnecessary vmlinux rebuild with UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST when we have a
> symbol list that already contains all the module dependencies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
> index faacf7062122..653fadbad302 100755
> --- a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
> +++ b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
> @@ -56,4 +56,7 @@ EOT
>   # point addresses.
>   sed -e 's/^\.//' |
>   sort -u |
> +# Ignore __this_module. It's not an exported symbol, and will be resolved
> +# when the final .ko's are linked.
> +grep -v '^__this_module$' |
>   sed -e 's/\(.*\)/#define __KSYM_\1 1/' >> "$output_file"

Tested-by: Steve Muckle <smuckle@xxxxxxxxxx>