Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kbuild tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Mar 26 2025 - 19:16:25 EST


Hi all,

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:30:48 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> After merging the kbuild tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/kunit/backtrace-suppression-test.o
> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in lib/slub_kunit.o

This is now lib/tests/slub_kuni.c

> Caused by commits
>
> 19f3496e6241 ("kunit: add test cases for backtrace warning suppression")
>
> from the mm-nonmm-unstable branch of the mm tree and
>
> 1f9f78b1b376 ("mm/slub, kunit: add a KUnit test for SLUB debugging functionality")
>
> from Linus' tree (in v5.14rc1) interacting with commit
>
> 6c6c1fc09de3 ("modpost: require a MODULE_DESCRIPTION()")
>
> from the kbuild tree.
>
> I have temporarily reverted the latter commit until the former are
> fixed up.

I am still reverting that commit.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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