In the process of creating the source file of a module modpost injects a
set of includes that are not required if the compilation unit is
statically built into the kernel.
The order of inclusion of the headers can cause redefinition problems
(e.g.):
In file included from include/linux/elf.h:5:0,
from include/linux/module.h:18,
from crypto/arc4.mod.c:2:
>> arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h:324:0: warning: "ELF_OSABI" redefined
#define ELF_OSABI ELFOSABI_LINUX
In file included from include/linux/elfnote.h:62:0,
from include/linux/build-salt.h:4,
from crypto/arc4.mod.c:1:
include/uapi/linux/elf.h:363:0: note: this is the location of
the previous definition
#define ELF_OSABI ELFOSABI_NONE
The issue was exposed during the development of the series [1].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200306133242.26279-1-vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx/
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 7edfdb2f4497..0f354b1ee2aa 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2251,8 +2251,12 @@ static int check_modname_len(struct module *mod)
**/
static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
{
- buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/build-salt.h>\n");
buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/module.h>\n");
+ /*
+ * Include build-salt.h after module.h in order to
+ * inherit the definitions.
+ */
+ buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/build-salt.h>\n");
buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/vermagic.h>\n");
buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/compiler.h>\n");
buf_printf(b, "\n");
--
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