Re: [PATCH 18/28] kbuild: fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved module symbols

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:18:14PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Kirill Korotaev <[email protected]>
> 
> At stage 2 modpost utility is used to check modules.  In case of unresolved
> symbols modpost only prints warning.
> 
> IMHO it is a good idea to fail compilation process in case of unresolved
> symbols (at least in modules coming with kernel), since usually such errors
> are left unnoticed, but kernel modules are broken.
> 
> - new option '-w' is added to modpost:
>   if option is specified, modpost only warns about unresolved symbols
> 
> - modpost is called with '-w' for external modules in Makefile.modpost

Oh, joy...  Could you add a way to tell kbuild that old behaviour is,
in fact, desired?  make MODPOST_FLAGS=-w or something along these lines...
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux