Re: [GIT PULL] tracing fixes

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Sep 21 2009 - 12:22:30 EST



* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > Christoph Hellwig (1):
> > tracing: Remove markers
>
> This seems to result in:
>
> kernel/module.c:2951: warning: ?struct marker? declared inside parameter list
> kernel/module.c:2951: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
>
> Hmm? Incomplete removal?

Hm, yes, you are right, we missed that. I noticed the modpost
dependency:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125326944223679&w=2

but thought that it's safe and didnt notice that dangling
module_layout() reference and the build warning it generates in the
kernel.

I _think_ the patch below should do the trick - module_layout() appears
to be an artificial symbol with 'significant' symbols listed in its
argument list so that it gets a proper signature. Removing the marker
symbol should thus be the solution, but i'm not 100% sure. Thoughts?

Ingo

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b6ee424..392eb3d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2947,7 +2947,6 @@ void module_layout(struct module *mod,
struct modversion_info *ver,
struct kernel_param *kp,
struct kernel_symbol *ks,
- struct marker *marker,
struct tracepoint *tp)
{
}
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/