[PATCH] Re: [4.3-rc1 regression] modular 8250 doesn't load

[Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>]

In article <20150914211827.GA3440@kroah.com> (earth.lists.linux-kernel)
you wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 02:12:43PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:42:24PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > > Greg Kroah-Hartman writes: uart_insert_char is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL,
> > > so could the missing license tag be preventing 8250_core from
> > > binding to it?  (I haven't checked the other symbols but I assume
> > > they are also _GPL.)
> > 
> > Ah, crap, yes, you are right.  You can test this with a simple:
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); line added to the 8250_base file.

> Wait, 8250_base.c has a module license line.

8250_base.c doesn't exist; it is built from 8250_port.c and 8250_dma.c,
neither of which have a MODULE_LICENSE line. Adding
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") as per below fixes the issue for me (on 4.3-rc2):

-----
Author: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 21:20:53 2015 +0100

    Add missing module license for 8250_base.ko
    
    The split of the 8250 driver into a 8250_base/8250.ko resulted in a
    lack of a license for the 8250_base.ko module. This caused the module
    to fail to load and the kernel to be tainted. Add the appropriate
    MODULE_LICENSE to 8250_port.c, which is always compiled into
    8250_base.ko
    
    Signed-off-by: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index 54e6c8d..b1e0ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -2910,3 +2910,5 @@ int serial8250_console_setup(struct uart_port *port, char *options, bool probe)
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE */
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-----

J.

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