On 12/18/2016, 12:59 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Yes, disk drivers won't load: >> [ 2.141973] virtio_pci: disagrees about version of symbol mcount >> [ 2.144415] virtio_pci: Unknown symbol mcount (err -22) > > This makes no sense. > > mcount isn't even one of the symbols that the patch by Adam is touching. asm-prototypes.h in his patch includes asm/ftrace.h, where the function is declared. That should be enough IIUC scripts/Makefile.build. > There's something else screwed up here. Not to mention that others > don't have your issue. I suppose people don't run i386 kernels or have different config. > Do you have some other hacks in this area? Are you testing actual > plain 4.9, or do you (for example) still carry Arnd's patch around > that turned out to not work (reverted by f27c2f69cc8e in my tree)? Not at all. This was plain 4.9 packaged by suse -- only rpm-related fixes. I tried plain 4.9 without rpm right now with the same output: # insmod soundcore.ko [ 31.582326] soundcore: disagrees about version of symbol mcount [ 31.586183] soundcore: Unknown symbol mcount (err -22) insmod: ERROR: could not insert module soundcore.ko: Invalid parameters $ git describe @ v4.9 $ git status HEAD detached at v4.9 thanks, -- js suse labs -- 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
