---

yaml
---
r: 61842
b: refs/heads/master
c: 741f98f
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1e29a706eef664f2c5014462d435f54a1952cc7b
+refs/heads/master: 741f98fe298a73c9d47ed53703c1279a29718581

trunk/Makefile

@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ quiet_cmd_vmlinux__ ?= LD      $@
       cmd_vmlinux__ ?= $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux) -o $@ \
       -T $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init)                          \
       --start-group $(vmlinux-main) --end-group                  \
-      $(filter-out $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) FORCE ,$^)
+      $(filter-out $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) vmlinux.o FORCE ,$^)
 
 # Generate new vmlinux version
 quiet_cmd_vmlinux_version = GEN     .version
@@ -736,15 +736,31 @@ debug_kallsyms: .tmp_map$(last_kallsyms)
 
 endif # ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 
+# Do modpost on a prelinked vmlinux. The finally linked vmlinux has
+# relevant sections renamed as per the linker script.
+quiet_cmd_vmlinux-modpost = LD      $@
+      cmd_vmlinux-modpost = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@                          \
+	 $(vmlinux-init) --start-group $(vmlinux-main) --end-group             \
+	 $(filter-out $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(vmlinux-lds) FORCE ,$^)
+define rule_vmlinux-modpost
+	:
+	+$(call cmd,vmlinux-modpost)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost $@
+	$(Q)echo 'cmd_$@ := $(cmd_vmlinux-modpost)' > $(dot-target).cmd
+endef
+
 # vmlinux image - including updated kernel symbols
-vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) FORCE
+vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) vmlinux.o FORCE
 ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile headers_check
 endif
+	$(call vmlinux-modpost)
 	$(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux__)
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost $@
 	$(Q)rm -f .old_version
 
+vmlinux.o: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux-modpost)
+
 # The actual objects are generated when descending, 
 # make sure no implicit rule kicks in
 $(sort $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main)) $(vmlinux-lds): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;

trunk/scripts/Makefile.modpost

@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ __modpost: $(modules:.ko=.o) FORCE
 	$(call cmd,modpost) $(wildcard vmlinux) $(filter-out FORCE,$^)
 
 quiet_cmd_kernel-mod = MODPOST $@
-      cmd_kernel-mod = $(cmd_modpost) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS)
+      cmd_kernel-mod = $(cmd_modpost) $@
 
 PHONY += vmlinux
-vmlinux: FORCE
+vmlinux.o: FORCE
 	$(call cmd,kernel-mod)
 
 # Declare generated files as targets for modpost

trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ static int is_vmlinux(const char *modname)
 	else
 		myname = modname;
 
-	return strcmp(myname, "vmlinux") == 0;
+	return (strcmp(myname, "vmlinux") == 0) ||
+	       (strcmp(myname, "vmlinux.o") == 0);
 }
 
 void *do_nofail(void *ptr, const char *expr)