[PATCH] build: fix regression for kernels < 5.10

Sebastian Kemper sebastian_ml at gmx.net
Tue Apr 13 13:22:20 BST 2021


This fixes a regression introduced with commit
5ed1e5140a80558ab47fd70410ae3242bed5becf ("build: build kernel image
before building modules/packages").

Before this commit the make target would always include "modules",
resulting in a MODPOST and a complete Module.symvers file. Since this
commit a MODPOST of the kernel modules is not guaranteed for kernels <
5.10. This results in some broken SDKs in which external packages that
depend on exported symbols from kernel modules fail to compile.

Adding "modules" back to the calls to the CompileImage defines fixes the
regression. For kernels > 5.10 this is not needed, but it doesn't cause
any harm either.

Tested with kernels 5.4.x and 5.10.x.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml at gmx.net>
---
 include/kernel-defaults.mk | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 4b0b136a03..1b3b4497a2 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -147,12 +147,17 @@ define Kernel/CopyImage
 	}
 endef

+# Always add "modules" so a proper Module.symvers file is written that
+# also contains symbols from the kernel modules. Without these symbols
+# external packages that depend on exported symbols from kernel modules
+# will fail to build.
 define Kernel/CompileImage/Default
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/init
-	+$(KERNEL_MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS_IMAGE) $(if $(KERNELNAME),$(KERNELNAME),all)
+	+$(KERNEL_MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS_IMAGE) $(if $(KERNELNAME),$(KERNELNAME),all) modules
 	$(call Kernel/CopyImage)
 endef

+# Here as well, always add "modules", see comment above.
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),)
 define Kernel/CompileImage/Initramfs
 	$(call Kernel/Configure/Initramfs)
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ endif
 # ?	$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4),)
 	$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD),$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/zstd -T0 -f -o $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/initrd.cpio.zstd $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/initrd.cpio)
 endif
-	+$(KERNEL_MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS_IMAGE) $(if $(KERNELNAME),$(KERNELNAME),all)
+	+$(KERNEL_MAKE) $(KERNEL_MAKEOPTS_IMAGE) $(if $(KERNELNAME),$(KERNELNAME),all) modules
 	$(call Kernel/CopyImage,-initramfs)
 endef
 else
--
2.20.1




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