[PATCH 0/4] kbuild: generate module.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped instead of vmlinux.o

[PATCH 0/4] kbuild: generate module.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped instead of vmlinux.o

[Masahiro Yamada]

Currently, modules.builtin.modinfo is generated from vmlinux.o, which
occurs before modpost. So, we cannot include modpost-processed data
into modules.builtin.modinfo.

This patch set allows to generate modules.builtin.modinfo from
vmlinux.unstripped.

I think this patch set will be useful to clean up this:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/cover.1748335606.git.legion@kernel.org/T/#m98813857abf2101bdf67f1b8529a44f5c7f4746d

The original approach generates modules.builtin.modinfo from two files
and then cancatenates them into a single file.

I prefer generating modules.builtin.modinfo from a single point.

I think 1/4 is a good cleanup regardless of modules.builtin.modinfo


Masahiro Yamada (4):
  module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO()
  kbuild: always create intermediate vmlinux.unstripped
  kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped
  kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |  2 +-
 include/crypto/algapi.h           |  4 +-
 include/linux/module.h            |  3 --
 include/linux/moduleparam.h       |  9 ++--
 include/net/tcp.h                 |  4 +-
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux          | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o        | 26 +----------
 scripts/mksysmap                  |  3 ++
 8 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 1/4] module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO()

[Masahiro Yamada]

The symbol names in the .modinfo section are never used and already
randomized by the __UNIQUE_ID() macro.

Therefore, the second parameter of  __MODULE_INFO() is meaningless
and can be removed to simplify the code.

With this change, the symbol names in the .modinfo section will be
prefixed with __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo, making it clearer that they
originate from MODULE_INFO().

[Before]

  $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
  $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
  0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_license560
  0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_file559
  0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_description558
  0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_license580
  000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_file579
  00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_description578
  00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_license581
  00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_file580
  0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_description579
  0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_uncore_no_discover578

[After]

  $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
  $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
  0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo560
  0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo559
  0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo558
  0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
  000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
  00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578
  00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo581
  00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
  0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
  0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 include/crypto/algapi.h     | 4 ++--
 include/linux/module.h      | 3 ---
 include/linux/moduleparam.h | 9 +++++----
 include/net/tcp.h           | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index 6e07bbc04089..f5e7454758bd 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
  * alias.
  */
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO(name)	\
-		__MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_userspace, name);	\
-		__MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_crypto, "crypto-" name)
+		MODULE_INFO(alias, name);	\
+		MODULE_INFO(alias, "crypto-" name)
 
 struct crypto_aead;
 struct crypto_instance;
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 92e1420fccdf..81b41cc6a19e 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
 
 struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
 
-/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
-#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info)
-
 /* For userspace: you can also call me... */
 #define MODULE_ALIAS(_alias) MODULE_INFO(alias, _alias)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index bfb85fd13e1f..00166f747e27 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@
 /* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
 #define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
 
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
-	static const char __UNIQUE_ID(name)[]				  \
+/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
+#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info)					  \
+	static const char __UNIQUE_ID(modinfo)[]			  \
 		__used __section(".modinfo") __aligned(1)		  \
 		= __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
 
 #define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type)					  \
-	__MODULE_INFO(parmtype, name##type, #name ":" _type)
+	MODULE_INFO(parmtype, #name ":" _type)
 
 /* One for each parameter, describing how to use it.  Some files do
    multiple of these per line, so can't just use MODULE_INFO. */
 #define MODULE_PARM_DESC(_parm, desc) \
-	__MODULE_INFO(parm, _parm, #_parm ":" desc)
+	MODULE_INFO(parm, #_parm ":" desc)
 
 struct kernel_param;
 
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 4450c384ef17..ac6df59e4eea 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -2661,8 +2661,8 @@ void tcp_update_ulp(struct sock *sk, struct proto *p,
 		    void (*write_space)(struct sock *sk));
 
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_TCP_ULP(name)				\
-	__MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_userspace, name);		\
-	__MODULE_INFO(alias, alias_tcp_ulp, "tcp-ulp-" name)
+	MODULE_INFO(alias, name);		\
+	MODULE_INFO(alias, "tcp-ulp-" name)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_SOCK_MSG
 struct sk_msg;
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 1/4] module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO()

[Petr Pavlu]

On 6/6/25 6:10 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The symbol names in the .modinfo section are never used and already
> randomized by the __UNIQUE_ID() macro.
> 
> Therefore, the second parameter of  __MODULE_INFO() is meaningless
> and can be removed to simplify the code.
> 
> With this change, the symbol names in the .modinfo section will be
> prefixed with __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo, making it clearer that they
> originate from MODULE_INFO().
> 
> [Before]
> 
>   $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
>   $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
>   0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_license560
>   0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_file559
>   0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_description558
>   0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_license580
>   000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_file579
>   00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_description578
>   00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_license581
>   00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_file580
>   0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_description579
>   0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_uncore_no_discover578
> 
> [After]
> 
>   $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
>   $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
>   0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo560
>   0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo559
>   0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo558
>   0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
>   000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
>   00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578
>   00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo581
>   00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
>   0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
>   0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---
> [...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index 92e1420fccdf..81b41cc6a19e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
>  
>  struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
>  
> -/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
> -#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info)
> -
>  /* For userspace: you can also call me... */
>  #define MODULE_ALIAS(_alias) MODULE_INFO(alias, _alias)
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> index bfb85fd13e1f..00166f747e27 100644
> --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> @@ -20,18 +20,19 @@
>  /* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
>  #define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
>  
> -#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
> -	static const char __UNIQUE_ID(name)[]				  \
> +/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
> +#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info)					  \
> +	static const char __UNIQUE_ID(modinfo)[]			  \
>  		__used __section(".modinfo") __aligned(1)		  \
>  		= __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
>  

One nit is that MODULE_INFO() is now defined in moduleparam.h, even
though it is a general macro for adding module information and not
specifically tied to parameters. I realize it is needed in moduleparam.h
and that the dependency is from module.h to moduleparam.h, not the other
way around. We could potentially keep the MODULE_INFO() (in module.h) ->
__MODULE_INFO() (moduleparam.h) split solely for this, but it is
probably unnecessary.

The overall change looks ok to me.

Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Petr

[PATCH 2/4] kbuild: always create intermediate vmlinux.unstripped

[Masahiro Yamada]

Generate the intermediate vmlinux.unstripped regardless of
CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS.

If CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS is unset, vmlinux.unstripped and
vmlinux are identiacal.

This simplifies the build rule, and allows to strip more sections
by adding them to remove-section-y.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index b64862dc6f08..4f2d4c3fb737 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -9,20 +9,6 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 targets :=
 
-ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS
-vmlinux-final := vmlinux.unstripped
-
-quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = RSTRIP  $@
-      cmd_strip_relocs = $(OBJCOPY) --remove-section='.rel*' --remove-section=!'.rel*.dyn' $< $@
-
-vmlinux: $(vmlinux-final) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
-
-targets += vmlinux
-else
-vmlinux-final := vmlinux
-endif
-
 %.o: %.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
@@ -61,19 +47,19 @@ targets += .builtin-dtbs-list
 
 ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUILTIN_DTB
 targets += .builtin-dtbs.S .builtin-dtbs.o
-$(vmlinux-final): .builtin-dtbs.o
+vmlinux.unstripped: .builtin-dtbs.o
 endif
 
-# vmlinux
+# vmlinux.unstripped
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 targets += .vmlinux.export.o
-$(vmlinux-final): .vmlinux.export.o
+vmlinux.unstripped: .vmlinux.export.o
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_PRE_LINK_VMLINUX
-$(vmlinux-final): arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o
+vmlinux.unstripped: arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o
 
 arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools/vmlinux.arch.o: vmlinux.o FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/$(SRCARCH)/tools $@
@@ -86,17 +72,30 @@ cmd_link_vmlinux =							\
 	$< "$(LD)" "$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(LDFLAGS_vmlinux)" "$@";	\
 	$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
 
-targets += $(vmlinux-final)
-$(vmlinux-final): scripts/link-vmlinux.sh vmlinux.o $(KBUILD_LDS) FORCE
+targets += vmlinux.unstripped
+vmlinux.unstripped: scripts/link-vmlinux.sh vmlinux.o $(KBUILD_LDS) FORCE
 	+$(call if_changed_dep,link_vmlinux)
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
-$(vmlinux-final): $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS)
+vmlinux.unstripped: $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS)
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
-$(vmlinux-final): scripts/sorttable
+vmlinux.unstripped: scripts/sorttable
 endif
 
+# vmlinux
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+remove-section-y                                   :=
+remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel*'
+
+quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = OBJCOPY $@
+      cmd_strip_relocs = $(OBJCOPY) $(addprefix --remove-section=,$(remove-section-y)) $< $@
+
+targets += vmlinux
+vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
+
 # modules.builtin.ranges
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ modules.builtin.ranges: $(srctree)/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk \
 			modules.builtin vmlinux.map vmlinux.o.map FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin_ranges)
 
-vmlinux.map: $(vmlinux-final)
+vmlinux.map: vmlinux.unstripped
 	@:
 
 endif
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 3/4] kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped

[Masahiro Yamada]

Keep the .modinfo section during linking, but strip it from the final
vmlinux.

Adjust scripts/mksysmap to exclude modinfo symbols from kallsyms.

This change will allow the next commit to extract the .modinfo section
from the vmlinux.unstripped intermediate.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux          | 2 +-
 scripts/mksysmap                  | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 58a635a6d5bd..ce292ae70a93 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
 
 /* Required sections not related to debugging. */
 #define ELF_DETAILS							\
+		.modinfo : { *(.modinfo) }				\
 		.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }				\
 		.symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) }				\
 		.strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) }				\
@@ -1043,7 +1044,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
 	*(.discard.*)							\
 	*(.export_symbol)						\
 	*(.no_trim_symbol)						\
-	*(.modinfo)							\
 	/* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */	\
 	*(.gnu.version*)						\
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index 4f2d4c3fb737..e2ceeb9e168d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ endif
 # vmlinux
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-remove-section-y                                   :=
+remove-section-y                                   := .modinfo
 remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel*'
 
 quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = OBJCOPY $@
diff --git a/scripts/mksysmap b/scripts/mksysmap
index 3accbdb269ac..a607a0059d11 100755
--- a/scripts/mksysmap
+++ b/scripts/mksysmap
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 / _SDA_BASE_$/d
 / _SDA2_BASE_$/d
 
+# MODULE_INFO()
+/ __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo[0-9]*$/d
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Ignored patterns
 #  (symbols that contain the pattern are ignored)
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 3/4] kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped

[kernel test robot]

Hi Masahiro,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on masahiroy-kbuild/for-next]
[also build test WARNING on masahiroy-kbuild/fixes linus/master v6.15 next-20250606]
[cannot apply to herbert-cryptodev-2.6/master herbert-crypto-2.6/master arnd-asm-generic/master mcgrof/modules-next]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Masahiro-Yamada/module-remove-meaningless-name-parameter-from-__MODULE_INFO/20250606-121255
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git for-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250606041029.614348-4-masahiroy%40kernel.org
patch subject: [PATCH 3/4] kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped
config: s390-randconfig-002-20250606 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506062053.zbkFBEnJ-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 18.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 3b5b5c1ec4a3095ab096dd780e84d7ab81f3d7ff)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506062053.zbkFBEnJ-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/202506062053.zbkFBEnJ-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> s390x-linux-ld: .tmp_vmlinux1: warning: allocated section `.modinfo' not in segment
>> s390x-linux-ld: .tmp_vmlinux2: warning: allocated section `.modinfo' not in segment
>> s390x-linux-ld: vmlinux.unstripped: warning: allocated section `.modinfo' not in segment

-- 
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki

[PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

[Masahiro Yamada]

Currently, we assume all the data for modules.builtin.modinfo are
available in vmlinux.o.

This makes it impossible for modpost, which is invoked after vmlinux.o,
to add additional module info.

This commit moves the modules.builtin.modinfo rule after modpost.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 26 +-------------------------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index e2ceeb9e168d..45597068f11f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PHONY := __default
-__default: vmlinux
+__default:
 
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -96,6 +96,32 @@ targets += vmlinux
 vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
 
+# modules.builtin.modinfo
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
+
+targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
+modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+# modules.builtin
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+__default: modules.builtin
+
+# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
+
+quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
+      cmd_modules_builtin = \
+	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
+	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
+	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
+
+targets += modules.builtin
+modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
+
 # modules.builtin.ranges
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
index b024ffb3e201..23c8751285d7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 PHONY := __default
-__default: vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo modules.builtin
+__default: vmlinux.o
 
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -73,30 +73,6 @@ vmlinux.o: $(initcalls-lds) vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) FORCE
 
 targets += vmlinux.o
 
-# modules.builtin.modinfo
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
-
-targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
-modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.o FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-
-# modules.builtin
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
-
-quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
-      cmd_modules_builtin = \
-	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
-	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
-	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
-
-targets += modules.builtin
-modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
-
 # Add FORCE to the prerequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

[kernel test robot]

Hi Masahiro,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on masahiroy-kbuild/for-next]
[also build test ERROR on masahiroy-kbuild/fixes linus/master v6.15 next-20250606]
[cannot apply to herbert-cryptodev-2.6/master herbert-crypto-2.6/master arnd-asm-generic/master mcgrof/modules-next]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Masahiro-Yamada/module-remove-meaningless-name-parameter-from-__MODULE_INFO/20250606-121255
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git for-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250606041029.614348-5-masahiroy%40kernel.org
patch subject: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped
:::::: branch date: 5 hours ago
:::::: commit date: 5 hours ago
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-004-20250606 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-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/r/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> make[4]: *** No rule to make target 'vmlinux', needed by 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'.
   make[4]: Target 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux' not remade because of errors.

-- 
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki

Re: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

[Alexey Gladkov]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2025 at 01:10:26PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, we assume all the data for modules.builtin.modinfo are
> available in vmlinux.o.
> 
> This makes it impossible for modpost, which is invoked after vmlinux.o,
> to add additional module info.
> 
> This commit moves the modules.builtin.modinfo rule after modpost.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---
> 
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 26 +-------------------------
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> index e2ceeb9e168d..45597068f11f 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  
>  PHONY := __default
> -__default: vmlinux
> +__default:

I found the problem. The problem I was talking about earlier [1] is caused
by this hunk. If I revert it, everything will work.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/aEWhwur_W6UwDsx_@example.org/

>  include include/config/auto.conf
>  include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -96,6 +96,32 @@ targets += vmlinux
>  vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,strip_relocs)
>  
> +# modules.builtin.modinfo
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
> +
> +targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
> +modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
> +	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
> +
> +# modules.builtin
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +__default: modules.builtin
> +
> +# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
> +
> +quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
> +      cmd_modules_builtin = \
> +	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
> +	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
> +	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
> +
> +targets += modules.builtin
> +modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
> +	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
> +
>  # modules.builtin.ranges
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> index b024ffb3e201..23c8751285d7 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>  
>  PHONY := __default
> -__default: vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo modules.builtin
> +__default: vmlinux.o
>  
>  include include/config/auto.conf
>  include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -73,30 +73,6 @@ vmlinux.o: $(initcalls-lds) vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) FORCE
>  
>  targets += vmlinux.o
>  
> -# modules.builtin.modinfo
> -# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> -OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary
> -
> -targets += modules.builtin.modinfo
> -modules.builtin.modinfo: vmlinux.o FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
> -
> -# modules.builtin
> -# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> -# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
> -
> -quiet_cmd_modules_builtin = GEN     $@
> -      cmd_modules_builtin = \
> -	tr '\0' '\n' < $< | \
> -	sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' | \
> -	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$$/.ko/' > $@
> -
> -targets += modules.builtin
> -modules.builtin: modules.builtin.modinfo FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,modules_builtin)
> -
>  # Add FORCE to the prerequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

-- 
Rgrds, legion

Re: [PATCH 0/4] kbuild: generate module.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped instead of vmlinux.o

[Alexey Gladkov]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2025 at 01:10:22PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 
> Currently, modules.builtin.modinfo is generated from vmlinux.o, which
> occurs before modpost. So, we cannot include modpost-processed data
> into modules.builtin.modinfo.
> 
> This patch set allows to generate modules.builtin.modinfo from
> vmlinux.unstripped.
> 
> I think this patch set will be useful to clean up this:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/cover.1748335606.git.legion@kernel.org/T/#m98813857abf2101bdf67f1b8529a44f5c7f4746d
> 
> The original approach generates modules.builtin.modinfo from two files
> and then cancatenates them into a single file.
> 
> I prefer generating modules.builtin.modinfo from a single point.
> 
> I think 1/4 is a good cleanup regardless of modules.builtin.modinfo
> 
> 
> Masahiro Yamada (4):
>   module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO()
>   kbuild: always create intermediate vmlinux.unstripped
>   kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped
>   kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped
> 
>  include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |  2 +-
>  include/crypto/algapi.h           |  4 +-
>  include/linux/module.h            |  3 --
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h       |  9 ++--
>  include/net/tcp.h                 |  4 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux          | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o        | 26 +----------
>  scripts/mksysmap                  |  3 ++
>  8 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

Hm. It doesn't work for me :(

I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong yet.

make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'vmlinux', needed by 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/../voffset.h'.  Stop.
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/boot/Makefile:96: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:320: bzImage] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

-- 
Rgrds, legion

[PATCH 0/3] Add generated modalias to modules.builtin.modinfo

[Alexey Gladkov]

If these changes will be applied, the patchset [1] that adds the modpost
generated aliases to modules.builtin.modinfo will look much smaller.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1748335606.git.legion@kernel.org/T/#m515563dbddb2f2fcd10b0f198db69aee533db088

Alexey Gladkov (3):
  scsi: Always define blogic_pci_tbl structure
  modpost: Add modname to mod_device_table alias
  modpost: Create modalias for builtin modules

 drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c  |  2 --
 include/linux/module.h   | 18 +++++++++++-------
 rust/kernel/device_id.rs |  8 ++++----
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux |  5 ++++-
 scripts/mksysmap         |  3 +++
 scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 scripts/mod/modpost.c    | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 scripts/mod/modpost.h    |  2 ++
 8 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH 1/3] scsi: Always define blogic_pci_tbl structure

[Alexey Gladkov]

The blogic_pci_tbl structure is used by the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE macro.
There is no longer a need to protect it with the MODULE condition, since
this no longer causes the compiler to warn about an unused variable.

Cc: Khalid Aziz <khalid@gonehiking.org>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c b/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c
index 1f100270cd38..08e12a3d6703 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c
@@ -3715,7 +3715,6 @@ static void __exit blogic_exit(void)
 
 __setup("BusLogic=", blogic_setup);
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 /*static const struct pci_device_id blogic_pci_tbl[] = {
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_BUSLOGIC, PCI_DEVICE_ID_BUSLOGIC_MULTIMASTER,
 	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -3731,7 +3730,6 @@ static const struct pci_device_id blogic_pci_tbl[] = {
 	{PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_BUSLOGIC, PCI_DEVICE_ID_BUSLOGIC_FLASHPOINT)},
 	{0, },
 };
-#endif
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, blogic_pci_tbl);
 
 module_init(blogic_init);
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH 2/3] modpost: Add modname to mod_device_table alias

[Alexey Gladkov]

At this point, if a symbol is compiled as part of the kernel,
information about which module the symbol belongs to is lost.

To save this it is possible to add the module name to the alias name.
It's not very pretty, but it's possible for now.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/module.h   | 14 +++++++++++---
 rust/kernel/device_id.rs |  8 ++++----
 scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 24fe6b865e9c..e0f826fab2ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -243,11 +243,19 @@ struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
 /* What your module does. */
 #define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(_description) MODULE_INFO(description, _description)
 
+/* Format: __mod_device_table__kmod_<modname>__<type>__<name> */
+#define __mod_device_table(type, name)	\
+	__PASTE(__mod_device_table__,	\
+	__PASTE(__KBUILD_MODNAME,	\
+	__PASTE(__,			\
+	__PASTE(type,			\
+	__PASTE(__, name)))))
+
 #ifdef MODULE
 /* Creates an alias so file2alias.c can find device table. */
-#define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)					\
-extern typeof(name) __mod_device_table__##type##__##name		\
-  __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))
+#define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)			\
+static typeof(name) __mod_device_table(type, name)	\
+  __attribute__ ((used, alias(__stringify(name))))
 #else  /* !MODULE */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)
 #endif
diff --git a/rust/kernel/device_id.rs b/rust/kernel/device_id.rs
index 0a4eb56d98f2..365d8f544844 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device_id.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device_id.rs
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ macro_rules! module_device_table {
     ($table_type: literal, $module_table_name:ident, $table_name:ident) => {
         #[rustfmt::skip]
         #[export_name =
-            concat!("__mod_device_table__", $table_type,
-                    "__", module_path!(),
-                    "_", line!(),
-                    "_", stringify!($table_name))
+            concat!("__mod_device_table__", line!(),
+                    "__kmod_", module_path!(),
+                    "__", $table_type,
+                    "__", stringify!($table_name))
         ]
         static $module_table_name: [::core::mem::MaybeUninit<u8>; $table_name.raw_ids().size()] =
             unsafe { ::core::mem::transmute_copy($table_name.raw_ids()) };
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 00586119a25b..13021266a18f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1476,8 +1476,8 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 {
 	void *symval;
 	char *zeros = NULL;
-	const char *type, *name;
-	size_t typelen;
+	const char *type, *name, *modname;
+	size_t typelen, modnamelen;
 	static const char *prefix = "__mod_device_table__";
 
 	/* We're looking for a section relative symbol */
@@ -1488,10 +1488,20 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 	if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) != STT_OBJECT)
 		return;
 
-	/* All our symbols are of form __mod_device_table__<type>__<name>. */
+	/* All our symbols are of form __mod_device_table__kmod_<modname>__<type>__<name>. */
 	if (!strstarts(symname, prefix))
 		return;
-	type = symname + strlen(prefix);
+
+	modname = strstr(symname, "__kmod_");
+	if (!modname)
+		return;
+	modname += strlen("__kmod_");
+
+	type = strstr(modname, "__");
+	if (!type)
+		return;
+	modnamelen = type - modname;
+	type += strlen("__");
 
 	name = strstr(type, "__");
 	if (!name)
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH 3/3] modpost: Create modalias for builtin modules

[Alexey Gladkov]

For some modules, modalias is generated using the modpost utility and
the section is added to the module file.

When a module is added inside vmlinux, modpost does not generate
modalias for such modules and the information is lost.

As a result kmod (which uses modules.builtin.modinfo in userspace)
cannot determine that modalias is handled by a builtin kernel module.

$ cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/modalias
pci:v00008086d0000A36Dsv00001043sd00008694bc0Csc03i30

$ modinfo xhci_pci
name:           xhci_pci
filename:       (builtin)
license:        GPL
file:           drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci
description:    xHCI PCI Host Controller Driver

Missing modalias "pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc0Csc03i30*" which will be generated by
modpost if the module is built separately.

To fix this it is necessary to generate the same modalias for vmlinux as
for the individual modules. Fortunately '.vmlinux.export.o' is already
generated from which '.modinfo' can be extracted in the same way as for
vmlinux.o.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/module.h   |  4 ----
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux |  5 ++++-
 scripts/mksysmap         |  3 +++
 scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 scripts/mod/modpost.c    | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 scripts/mod/modpost.h    |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index e0f826fab2ac..3aeee5d0a77c 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -251,14 +251,10 @@ struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
 	__PASTE(type,			\
 	__PASTE(__, name)))))
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 /* Creates an alias so file2alias.c can find device table. */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)			\
 static typeof(name) __mod_device_table(type, name)	\
   __attribute__ ((used, alias(__stringify(name))))
-#else  /* !MODULE */
-#define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)
-#endif
 
 /* Version of form [<epoch>:]<version>[-<extra-version>].
  * Or for CVS/RCS ID version, everything but the number is stripped.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index fdab5aa90215..fcc188d26ead 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ endif
 remove-section-y                                   := .modinfo
 remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel*'
 
+remove-symbols := -w --strip-symbol='__mod_device_table__*'
+
 quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = OBJCOPY $@
-      cmd_strip_relocs = $(OBJCOPY) $(addprefix --remove-section=,$(remove-section-y)) $< $@
+      cmd_strip_relocs = $(OBJCOPY) $(addprefix --remove-section=,$(remove-section-y)) \
+                         $(remove-symbols) $< $@
 
 targets += vmlinux
 vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/mksysmap b/scripts/mksysmap
index a607a0059d11..c4531eacde20 100755
--- a/scripts/mksysmap
+++ b/scripts/mksysmap
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 # EXPORT_SYMBOL (namespace)
 / __kstrtabns_/d
 
+# MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE (symbol name)
+/ __mod_device_table__/d
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Ignored suffixes
 #  (do not forget '$' after each pattern)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 13021266a18f..7da9735e7ab3 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1527,5 +1527,21 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (mod->is_vmlinux) {
+		struct module_alias *alias;
+
+		/*
+		 * If this is vmlinux, record the name of the builtin module.
+		 * Traverse the linked list in the reverse order, and set the
+		 * builtin_modname unless it has already been set in the
+		 * previous call.
+		 */
+		list_for_each_entry_reverse(alias, &mod->aliases, node) {
+			if (alias->builtin_modname)
+				break;
+			alias->builtin_modname = xstrndup(modname, modnamelen);
+		}
+	}
+
 	free(zeros);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index be89921d60b6..67668b159444 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2021,11 +2021,26 @@ static void write_if_changed(struct buffer *b, const char *fname)
 static void write_vmlinux_export_c_file(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct buffer buf = { };
+	struct module_alias *alias, *next;
 
 	buf_printf(&buf,
-		   "#include <linux/export-internal.h>\n");
+		   "#include <linux/export-internal.h>\n"
+		   "#include <linux/module.h>\n");
 
 	add_exported_symbols(&buf, mod);
+
+	buf_printf(&buf,
+		   "#undef __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX\n"
+		   "#define __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX\n");
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(alias, next, &mod->aliases, node) {
+		buf_printf(&buf, "MODULE_INFO(%s.alias, \"%s\");\n",
+			   alias->builtin_modname, alias->str);
+		list_del(&alias->node);
+		free(alias->builtin_modname);
+		free(alias);
+	}
+
 	write_if_changed(&buf, ".vmlinux.export.c");
 	free(buf.p);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 9133e4c3803f..2aecb8f25c87 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len);
  * struct module_alias - auto-generated MODULE_ALIAS()
  *
  * @node: linked to module::aliases
+ * @modname: name of the builtin module (only for vmlinux)
  * @str: a string for MODULE_ALIAS()
  */
 struct module_alias {
 	struct list_head node;
+	char *builtin_modname;
 	char str[];
 };
 
-- 
2.49.0

Re: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped

[kernel test robot]

:::::: 
:::::: Manual check reason: "only suspicious fbc files changed"
:::::: 

BCC: lkp@intel.com
CC: oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev
In-Reply-To: <20250606041029.614348-5-masahiroy@kernel.org>
References: <20250606041029.614348-5-masahiroy@kernel.org>
TO: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
TO: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
CC: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
CC: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
CC: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
CC: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
CC: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
CC: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

Hi Masahiro,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on masahiroy-kbuild/for-next]
[also build test ERROR on masahiroy-kbuild/fixes linus/master v6.15 next-20250606]
[cannot apply to herbert-cryptodev-2.6/master herbert-crypto-2.6/master arnd-asm-generic/master mcgrof/modules-next]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Masahiro-Yamada/module-remove-meaningless-name-parameter-from-__MODULE_INFO/20250606-121255
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git for-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250606041029.614348-5-masahiroy%40kernel.org
patch subject: [PATCH 4/4] kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped
:::::: branch date: 5 hours ago
:::::: commit date: 5 hours ago
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-004-20250606 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250606/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-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/r/202506061718.9bJ7PyNy-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> make[4]: *** No rule to make target 'vmlinux', needed by 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'.
   make[4]: Target 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux' not remade because of errors.

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