multiple softdeps

[Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

could you please enlighten me about kernel module softdeps?

$ modinfo cifs | grep soft
softdep:        pre: ccm
softdep:        pre: aead2
softdep:        pre: sha512
softdep:        pre: sha256
softdep:        pre: cmac
softdep:        pre: aes
softdep:        pre: nls
softdep:        pre: md5
softdep:        pre: md4
softdep:        pre: hmac
softdep:        pre: ecb
softdep:        pre: des
softdep:        pre: arc4

$ grep cifs /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.softdep
softdep cifs pre: ccm
softdep cifs pre: aead2
softdep cifs pre: sha512
softdep cifs pre: sha256
softdep cifs pre: cmac
softdep cifs pre: aes
softdep cifs pre: nls
softdep cifs pre: md5
softdep cifs pre: md4
softdep cifs pre: hmac
softdep cifs pre: ecb
softdep cifs pre: des
softdep cifs pre: arc4

But, calling kmod_module_get_softdeps() on the cifs module only returns one module in the pre list ("ccm").

Is my understanding about how softdeps work wrong, or is the cifs module misconfigured, or is libkmod buggy?
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softdeps-test.c:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <libkmod.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    int err;
    struct kmod_ctx *ctx = NULL;
    struct kmod_list *list = NULL;
    struct kmod_list *modpre = NULL;
    struct kmod_list *modpost = NULL;
    struct kmod_list *itr, *l;

    ctx = kmod_new(NULL, NULL);

    err = kmod_module_new_from_lookup(ctx, "cifs", &list);
    if (err < 0) {
        perror("kmod_module_new_from_lookup");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    kmod_list_foreach(l, list) {
        struct kmod_module *mod = NULL;
        mod = kmod_module_get_module(l);

        kmod_module_get_softdeps(mod, &modpre, &modpost);

        kmod_list_foreach(itr, modpre) {
            struct kmod_module *mod = NULL;
            const char *path = NULL;
            mod = kmod_module_get_module(itr);
            path = kmod_module_get_path(mod);
            puts(path);
        }
    }
}