From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 333cf507465fbebb3727f5b53e77538467df312a upstream. With commit c9f3401313a5 ("powerpc: Always enable queued spinlocks for 64s, disable for others") CONFIG_PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS is always enabled on ppc64le, external modules that use spinlock APIs are failing. ERROR: modpost: GPL-incompatible module XXX.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'shared_processor' Before the above commit, modules were able to build without any issues. Also this problem is not seen on other architectures. This problem can be workaround if CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK is enabled in the config. However CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK is not enabled by default and only enabled in certain conditions like CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCKS is set in the kernel config. #include <linux/module.h> spinlock_t spLock; static int __init spinlock_test_init(void) { spin_lock_init(&spLock); spin_lock(&spLock); spin_unlock(&spLock); return 0; } static void __exit spinlock_test_exit(void) { printk("spinlock_test unloaded\n"); } module_init(spinlock_test_init); module_exit(spinlock_test_exit); MODULE_DESCRIPTION ("spinlock_test"); MODULE_LICENSE ("non-GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR ("Srikar Dronamraju"); Given that spin locks are one of the basic facilities for module code, this effectively makes it impossible to build/load almost any non GPL modules on ppc64le. This was first reported at https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/11172 Currently shared_processor is exported as GPL only symbol. Fix this for parity with other architectures by exposing shared_processor to non-GPL modules too. Fixes: 14c73bd344da ("powerpc/vcpu: Assume dedicated processors as non-preempt") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.5+ Reported-by: marc.c.dionne@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210729060449.292780-1-srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ #include "../../../../drivers/pci/pci.h" DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(shared_processor); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shared_processor); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(shared_processor); int CMO_PrPSP = -1; int CMO_SecPSP = -1;