Re: [Regression] depmod fails on kernel 6.17.1 rc1

Andy Shevchenko
2025-11-06T16:16:02Z

On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 05:02:35PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Lemme add a whole bunch of relevant ppl to Cc.

Thanks!

> So I'm seeing this with an allmodconfig build too:
>
> depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: 8250 -> 8250_base -> 8250
> depmod: ERROR: Found 2 modules in dependency cycles!

I'm surprised it took so long to people to start complaining.

So, some of those are modules? Can you share the

grep 8250 .config

part?

> make[6]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modinst:132: depmod] Error 1
> make[5]: *** [Makefile:1917: modules_install] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [Makefile:2140: run-command] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [debian/rules:66: binary-image] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: make -f debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:126: bindeb-pkg] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [/home/amd/kernel/linux/Makefile:1643: bindeb-pkg] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
>
> That's 6.17.7
>
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 09:40:28PM -0400, Alex Davis wrote:
> > When running make modules_install on linux 6.17. with the attached
> > .config, I get the following error:
> >
> > DEPMOD /lib/modules/6.17.1-rc1
> > depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: 8250 -> 8250_base -> 8250
> > depmod: ERROR: Cycle detected: serial_mctrl_gpio
> > depmod: ERROR: Found 2 modules in dependency cycles!
> > make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modinst:132: depmod] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [/spare/linux/linux-6.17/Makefile:1917: modules_install] Error 2
> > make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
> >
> > This also happens with 6.17; it does not happen with 6.16.x.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko