ERROR: modpost: "match_devname_and_update_preferred_console" [drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.ko] undefined!

[kernel test robot]

Hi Tony,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   b31c4492884252a8360f312a0ac2049349ddf603
commit: 12c91cec3155f79216641162a32e04a59abb6e37 serial: core: Add serial_base_match_and_update_preferred_console()
date:   9 weeks ago
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-004-20240907 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240907/202409071312.qlwtTOS1-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 18.1.5 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 617a15a9eac96088ae5e9134248d8236e34b91b1)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240907/202409071312.qlwtTOS1-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202409071312.qlwtTOS1-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):

WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/x86/crypto/crc32-pclmul.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in kernel/rcu/rcutorture.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in kernel/rcu/rcuscale.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in kernel/rcu/refscale.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in kernel/time/test_udelay.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp437.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp863.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp869.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp874.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp936.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_cp949.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_iso8859-1.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_iso8859-2.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_iso8859-4.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_iso8859-15.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_utf8.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/mac-centeuro.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/mac-inuit.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/mac-romanian.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/mac-roman.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/mac-turkish.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/nls/nls_ucs2_utils.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/jbd2/jbd2.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/isofs/isofs.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in crypto/cast_common.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in crypto/crypto_simd.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/math/prime_numbers.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/crypto/libdes.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/find_bit_benchmark.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_dhry.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_firmware.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test-kstrtox.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_module.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_uuid.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_xarray.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_maple_tree.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_memcat_p.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_meminit.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_free_pages.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/test_objpool.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/acpi/platform_profile.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/virtio/virtio_dma_buf.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/regulator/max20411-regulator.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/ati-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/amd-k7-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/nvidia-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/sis-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/agp/via-agp.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/dtlk.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/nvram.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/char/hw_random/omap3-rom-rng.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_orientation_quirks.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/mfd/arizona.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/cxl/cxl_pci.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/uio/uio_cif.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/leds/simple/simatic-ipc-leds.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/leds/simple/simatic-ipc-leds-gpio-core.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/leds/simple/simatic-ipc-leds-gpio-apollolake.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/leds/simple/simatic-ipc-leds-gpio-f7188x.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/staging/greybus/gb-log.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/staging/greybus/gb-raw.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/devfreq/governor_simpleondemand.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/devfreq/governor_powersave.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th_msu_sink.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/mtd/maps/map_funcs.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/input/matrix-keymap.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/input/vivaldi-fmap.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/hwmon/asus_atk0110.o
>> ERROR: modpost: "match_devname_and_update_preferred_console" [drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.ko] undefined!

Kconfig warnings: (for reference only)
   WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for FB_IOMEM_HELPERS
   Depends on [n]: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB_CORE [=n]
   Selected by [m]:
   - DRM_XE_DISPLAY [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && DRM [=m] && DRM_XE [=m] && DRM_XE [=m]=m [=m]

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