(cc'ing linux-arch and linux-kbuild) On 03/07/13 01:45, Rusty Russell wrote: > James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Move all EXPORT_SYMBOLs in libs-y directories (arch/metag/{lib,tbx}) >> into metag_ksyms.c so that they don't get omitted by the static linker >> if they're not used by any other statically linked code, which can >> result in undefined symbols when building modules. >> >> For example a randconfig caused the following error: >> ERROR: "csum_partial" [fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko] undefined! >> >> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Unless there are any objections I'll apply this patch for v3.11. I'm >> assuming *_ksyms.c is the way that this problem is normally worked >> around. > > Actually, normally those files are obj-y not lib-y. See the top-level > lib/. > > Subtle, I know. Hmm, subtle indeed, I hadn't noticed that. grepping for EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial) gives: ./arch/avr32/kernel/avr32_ksyms.c ./arch/sparc/lib/ksyms.c ./arch/sh/kernel/sh_ksyms_32.c ./arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c ./arch/unicore32/kernel/ksyms.c ./arch/x86/um/ksyms.c ./arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c ./arch/x86/kernel/i386_ksyms_32.c ./arch/cris/kernel/crisksyms.c ./arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c ./arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c ./arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c ./arch/ia64/lib/checksum.c ./arch/alpha/lib/checksum.c ./arch/c6x/lib/checksum.c ./arch/mn10300/lib/checksum.c ./arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/old_checksum.c ./arch/h8300/lib/checksum.c ./arch/parisc/lib/checksum.c ./arch/m32r/lib/csum_partial_copy.c ./arch/m68k/lib/checksum.c ./arch/metag/lib/checksum.c ./arch/frv/lib/checksum.c ./lib/checksum.c All of the above arches have *c*sum.o in lib-y. Should they all be switched to obj-y or the remaining EXPORT_SYMBOLs moved to *ksyms.c if this problem is noticed? Thanks James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html