Re: [PATCH] <linux/sysdev.h> needs to include <linux/module.h>

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Feb 28 2007 - 20:02:46 EST


On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:22:11 +0000
Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> sysdev.h uses THIS_MODULE so should include <linux/module.h>.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sysdev.h b/include/linux/sysdev.h
> index 389ccf8..e699ab2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sysdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysdev.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #define _SYSDEV_H_
>
> #include <linux/kobject.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/pm.h>
>

This causes an x86_64 trainwreck:

akpm2:/usr/src/25> xb arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.o
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CC arch/x86_64/kernel/asm-offsets.s
GEN include/asm-x86_64/asm-offsets.h
CC arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.o
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:48:1: warning: "ELF_ET_DYN_BASE" redefined
In file included from include/linux/elf.h:7,
from include/linux/module.h:15,
from include/linux/sysdev.h:25,
from include/linux/sched.h:1645,
from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:11:
include/asm/elf.h:93:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:58:1: warning: "USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP" redefined
include/asm/elf.h:85:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:62: error: conflicting types for 'elf_greg_t'
include/asm/elf.h:32: error: previous declaration of 'elf_greg_t' was here
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:64:1: warning: "ELF_NGREG" redefined
include/asm/elf.h:34:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:65: error: conflicting types for 'elf_gregset_t'
include/asm/elf.h:35: error: previous declaration of 'elf_gregset_t' was here
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:118:1: warning: "ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS" redefined
include/asm/elf.h:99:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:139:1: warning: "__ASM_X86_64_ELF_H" redefined
include/asm/elf.h:2:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c:144: error: conflicting types for 'elf_fpregset_t'
include/asm/elf.h:37: error: previous declaration of 'elf_fpregset_t' was here
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