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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: use MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX with module_layout
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:29:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0906191129kc1b08cdr3373d972f1e710f0@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200906192332.43672.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:02, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:19:22 pm Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> The check_modstruct_version() needs to look up the symbol "module_layout"
>> in the kernel, but it does so literally and not by a C identifier.  The
>> trouble is that it does not include a symbol prefix for those ports that
>> need it (like the Blackfin and H8300 port).  So make sure we tack on the
>> MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX define to the front of it.
>
> Thanks, applied.  I'm surprised this took so long to find.

well, technically i first noticed on 2007-10-24, but the fix that went
in internally sucked and people forgot about it ;)
-mike

  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-19 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-18 15:24 module version magic and arches with symbol prefixes Mike Frysinger
2009-06-19  5:38 ` Rusty Russell
2009-06-19  7:49   ` [PATCH] module: use MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX with module_layout Mike Frysinger
2009-06-19 14:02     ` Rusty Russell
2009-06-19 18:29       ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-06-19 12:54   ` module version magic and arches with symbol prefixes Robin Getz
2009-06-19 13:14     ` Mike Frysinger
2009-06-19 17:07       ` Robin Getz
2009-06-19 18:32         ` Mike Frysinger
2009-06-23  7:07         ` Rusty Russell
2009-06-29 12:07           ` Robin Getz
2009-07-23 14:12 [PATCH] module: use MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX with module_layout Rusty Russell

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