[linux-next:master 4886/5655] depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: qcom_scm -> qcom_tzmem -> qcom_scm

[linux-next:master 4886/5655] depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: qcom_scm -> qcom_tzmem -> qcom_scm

[kernel test robot]

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
head:   bee763d5f341b99cf472afeb508d4988f62a6ca1
commit: 5c1a2975d23c51c01aca51945d0f10a4ee4c9020 [4886/5655] firmware: qcom_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service
config: i386-randconfig-003-20260712 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260712/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-14 (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260712/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: qcom_scm -> qcom_tzmem -> qcom_scm
>> depmod: ERROR: Found 2 modules in dependency cycles!
   make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modinst:132: depmod] Error 1 shuffle=4014285631
   make[3]: Target '__modinst' not remade because of errors.
   make[2]: *** [Makefile:2090: modules_install] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
   make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
   make[1]: Target 'modules_install' not remade because of errors.
   make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
   make: Target 'modules_install' not remade because of errors.

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Re: [linux-next:master 4886/5655] depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: qcom_scm -> qcom_tzmem -> qcom_scm

[Sumit Garg]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
>
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> head:   bee763d5f341b99cf472afeb508d4988f62a6ca1
> commit: 5c1a2975d23c51c01aca51945d0f10a4ee4c9020 [4886/5655] firmware: qcom_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service
> config: i386-randconfig-003-20260712 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260712/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: gcc-14 (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260712/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202607122327.3zkZCUaB-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: qcom_scm -> qcom_tzmem -> qcom_scm
> >> depmod: ERROR: Found 2 modules in dependency cycles!
>    make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modinst:132: depmod] Error 1 shuffle=4014285631
>    make[3]: Target '__modinst' not remade because of errors.
>    make[2]: *** [Makefile:2090: modules_install] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
>    make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
>    make[1]: Target 'modules_install' not remade because of errors.
>    make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 shuffle=4014285631
>    make: Target 'modules_install' not remade because of errors.
>

It looks like the circular dependency was already there prior to my
patch-set but it only surfaced once my patch-set got merged. Here is
the fix [1] though.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260713045811.484554-1-sumit.garg@kernel.org/

-Sumit

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