On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 3:42 AM matoro <matoro_mailinglist_kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That patch doesn't apply to the v5.19 stable tag, so I just manually > edited and it worked perfect! Thank you!! > > Sorry I didn't mention that warning - I did see it, but it still showed > up even on the old kernel, so I thought it was irrelevant. Much > appreciated! > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] kbuild: yet another series of cleanups > (modpost, LTO, MODULE_REL_CRCS, export.h) > Date: 2022-08-08 13:36 > From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: matoro <matoro_mailinglist_kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 10:27 PM matoro > <matoro_mailinglist_kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have real hardware for all these arches in my collection. I use it > > for testing the latest kernel and toolchains on as many of the > > less-popular arches as possible, exactly to find issues like this one > > :) > > > > Specifically we support all of these in Gentoo. To double-check this > > wasn't a config issue, I asked another user who also runs sparc to try > > building 5.19 with his config (not copying mine), and he observed the > > same problem. You can reach us in #gentoo-sparc on Libera. > > > > As for testing, I make all this hardware available on an as-needed > > basis. So if you can't or don't want to fiddle with qemu, just let me > > know (email or IRC, same username on Libera), and I will get you direct > > access to my hardware. Thanks!! > > > I found the root cause. > > When I build the sparc kernel, I see a warning > > WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "_mcount" [vmlinux] version generation > failed, symbol will not be versioned. > > > Then, modpost missed to write out the entry. > > With the following patch, you will be able to load the module. > > I will send a patch with a proper commit log tomorrow. I need some sleep > now. I posted a patch: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/patch/20220809141117.641543-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/ If you want me to record your full name in Reported/Tested-by, please let me know. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
