On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:24 AM Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 12:15 AM Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 5:43 AM Matthias Maennich <maennich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Steve! > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 06:54:26PM -0500, Steve French wrote: > > > >And running the build differently, from the root of the git tree > > > >(5.4-rc1) rather than using the Ubuntu 5.4-rc1 headers also fails > > > > > > > >e.g. "make M=fs/cifs modules nsdeps" > > > > > > > >... > > > > LD [M] fs/cifs/cifs.o > > > > Building modules, stage 2. > > > > MODPOST 1 modules > > > >WARNING: module cifs uses symbol sigprocmask from namespace > > > >_fs/cifs/cache.o), but does not import it. > > > >... > > > >WARNING: module cifs uses symbol posix_test_lock from namespace > > > >cifs/cache.o), but does not import it. > > > > CC [M] fs/cifs/cifs.mod.o > > > > LD [M] fs/cifs/cifs.ko > > > > Building modules, stage 2. > > > > MODPOST 1 modules > > > >./scripts/nsdeps: 34: local: ./fs/cifs/cifsfs.c: bad variable name > > > >make: *** [Makefile:1710: nsdeps] Error 2 > > > > > > Thanks for reporting this. It appears to me you hit a bug that was > > > recently discovered: when building with `make M=some/subdirectory`, > > > modpost is misbehaving. Can you try whether this patch series solves > > > your problems: > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191003075826.7478-1-yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > In particular patch 2/6 out of the series. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Matthias > > > > > > Applying just patch 2 and doing "make" from the root of the git tree > > (5.4-rc1), at the tail end of the build I got > > > > ... > > Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#87) > > Building modules, stage 2. > > MODPOST 5340 modules > > free(): invalid pointer > > Aborted (core dumped) > > > Right. > > Since 2/6 depends on 1/6, > applying only the second one does not work. Applying both 1 and 2 I get the following error doing make (although it makes it a long way into the build) <snip> WARNING: drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage: 'USB_STORAGE' exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko ERROR: "usb_stor_set_xfer_buf" [drivers/usb/storage/ums-usbat.ko] undefined! ERROR: "usb_stor_access_xfer_buf" [drivers/usb/storage/ums-usbat.ko] undefined! ERROR: "usb_stor_post_reset" [drivers/usb/storage/ums-usbat.ko] undefined! ERROR: "usb_stor_disconnect" [drivers/usb/storage/ums-usbat.ko] undefined! <snip> ERROR: "usb_stor_adjust_quirks" [drivers/usb/storage/uas.ko] undefined! ERROR: "usb_stor_sense_invalidCDB" [drivers/usb/storage/uas.ko] undefined! WARNING: "USB_STORAGE" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage] is a static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:94: __modpost] Error 1 make: *** [Makefile:1303: modules] Error 2 Running "make M=fs/cifs nsdeps" I still get the error Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules ./scripts/nsdeps: 34: local: ./fs/cifs/cifsfs.c: bad variable name make: *** [Makefile:1710: nsdeps] Error 2 -- Thanks, Steve