From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: apm-power - Rename to apm-power-input
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 08:07:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avFxIyYvPT7W_QvZ@levanger> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109-apm-power-input-rename-v1-1-0609e7b91825@kernel.org>
On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 01:25:26AM -0500, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> When scripts/modules-check.sh is fixed to normalize the module's name
> like name-fix-token does in scripts/Makefile.lib before checking that it
> is unique [1], there is an error due to drivers/input/apm-power.ko and
> drivers/power/supply/apm_power.ko having the same module name.
>
> error: the following would cause module name conflict:
> drivers/input/apm-power.ko
> drivers/power/supply/apm_power.ko
>
> $ modinfo drivers/input/apm-power.ko drivers/power/supply/apm_power.ko | grep name:
> filename: drivers/input/apm-power.ko
> name: apm_power
> filename: drivers/power/supply/apm_power.ko
> name: apm_power
>
> Rename drivers/input/apm-power.c to apm-power-input.c to make the module
> name unique and clear up the error.
>
> Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20261108225808.1809266-1-sashal@kernel.org/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20261103110411.11698-1-info@daylightlinux.ch/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> ---
> We would like to take [1] for 7.5 in kbuild-next, so we would appreciate
> an ack to take this directly or a stable branch that we can pull in.
> ---
> drivers/input/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/input/{apm-power.c => apm-power-input.c} | 0
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Thanks!
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
--
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 7:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 6:25 [PATCH] Input: apm-power - Rename to apm-power-input Nathan Chancellor
2026-11-09 7:07 ` Nicolas Schier [this message]
2026-11-09 8:09 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-11-09 16:39 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-11-10 6:25 ` sashiko-bot
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