4.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Xi Wang <wangxi11@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 3c7624d8fc0b893b644b945ab904c629ebc9611e ] If the hns3 driver has been built into kernel and then loaded with the same driver which built as KLM, it may trigger an error like below: [ 20.009555] hns3: Hisilicon Ethernet Network Driver for Hip08 Family - version [ 20.016789] hns3: Copyright (c) 2017 Huawei Corporation. [ 20.022100] Error: Driver 'hns3' is already registered, aborting... [ 23.517397] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 ... [ 23.691583] Process insmod (pid: 1982, stack limit = 0x00000000cd5f21cb) [ 23.698270] Call trace: [ 23.700705] __list_del_entry_valid+0x2c/0xd8 [ 23.705049] hnae3_unregister_client+0x68/0xa8 [ 23.709487] hns3_init_module+0x98/0x1000 [hns3] [ 23.714093] do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x170 [ 23.717918] do_init_module+0x64/0x1f4 [ 23.721654] load_module+0x1d14/0x24b0 [ 23.725390] SyS_init_module+0x158/0x208 [ 23.729300] el0_svc_naked+0x30/0x34 This patch fixes it by adding module version info. Fixes: 38caee9d3ee8 ("net: hns3: Add support of the HNAE3 framework") Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <wangxi11@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.h | 2 +- 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c @@ -283,3 +283,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae3_unregister_ae_dev); MODULE_AUTHOR("Huawei Tech. Co., Ltd."); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HNAE3(Hisilicon Network Acceleration Engine) Framework"); +MODULE_VERSION(HNAE3_MOD_VERSION); --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#define HNAE3_MOD_VERSION "1.0" + /* Device IDs */ #define HNAE3_DEV_ID_GE 0xA220 #define HNAE3_DEV_ID_25GE 0xA221 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c @@ -3631,3 +3631,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HNS3: Hisilicon Ethe MODULE_AUTHOR("Huawei Tech. Co., Ltd."); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_ALIAS("pci:hns-nic"); +MODULE_VERSION(HNS3_MOD_VERSION); --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.h @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ #include "hnae3.h" +#define HNS3_MOD_VERSION "1.0" + extern const char hns3_driver_version[]; enum hns3_nic_state { --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ #include "hclge_cmd.h" #include "hnae3.h" -#define HCLGE_MOD_VERSION "v1.0" +#define HCLGE_MOD_VERSION "1.0" #define HCLGE_DRIVER_NAME "hclge" #define HCLGE_INVALID_VPORT 0xffff --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_main.h @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ #include "hclgevf_cmd.h" #include "hnae3.h" -#define HCLGEVF_MOD_VERSION "v1.0" +#define HCLGEVF_MOD_VERSION "1.0" #define HCLGEVF_DRIVER_NAME "hclgevf" #define HCLGEVF_ROCEE_VECTOR_NUM 0