Re: [PATCH 2.6.17 sparc64] fix stack overflow checking in modular non-SMP kernels

From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:10:11 +0200 (MEST)

> The sparc64 kernel's EXPORT_SYMBOL(_mcount) is inside an
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP. This breaks modules in non-SMP kernels
> built with stack overflow checking (CONFIG_STACK_DEBUG=y),
> as modules_install reports:
> 
> WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.17/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.ko needs unknown symbol _mcount
> 
> Trivially fixed by moving EXPORT_SYMBOL(_mcount) outside of
> the #ifdef CONFIG_SMP.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>

Applied, thanks Mikael.
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