Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/3com/3c515: Fix MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC redefinition

From: Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:55:55 +0300

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 09:03:41PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:56:23 +0200
>
> > From: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
> >
> > Change the include order so that MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC from the arch
> > header arch/x86/include/asm/module.h gets used instead of the fallback
> > from include/linux/vermagic.h and thus fix:
> >
> >   In file included from ./include/linux/module.h:30,
> >                    from drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:56:
> >   ./arch/x86/include/asm/module.h:73: warning: "MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC" redefined
> >      73 | # define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY
> >         |
> >   In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c515.c:25:
> >   ./include/linux/vermagic.h:28: note: this is the location of the previous definition
> >      28 | #define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC ""
> >         |
> >
> > Fixes: 6bba2e89a88c ("net/3com: Delete driver and module versions from 3com drivers")
> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
>
> I'm so confused, that commit in the Fixes: tag is _removing_ code but adding
> new #include directives?!?!
>
> Is vermagic.h really needed in these files?

You are completely right, it is not needed at all in those files.

Thanks

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