The built-in only code is not required to have MODULE_IMPORT_NS() to
use symbols. So, the namespace is not checked for vmlinux(.o).
Do not pass the meaningless -N option to the first pass of modpost.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/Makefile.modpost | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 95f303a2323e..02d9f08a20a7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ MODPOST = scripts/mod/modpost \
$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(addprefix -e ,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))) \
$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile)) \
$(if $(CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY),,-E) \
- $(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS)$(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-N) \
$(if $(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)
ifdef MODPOST_VMLINUX
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ include $(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild), \
$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild, $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Makefile)
endif
+# modpost options for modules (both in-kernel and external)
+MODPOST += \
+ $(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS)$(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-N)
+
ifneq ($(findstring i,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
MODPOST += -n
endif
--
2.25.1
