On 2025-12-08 08:53, Steven Rostedt wrote:
From: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Missing bracket for [PATCH] in subject.


Building the KVM intel module failed to build with UT=1:

failed -> fails (present ?)


no __tracepoint_strings in file: arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.o
make[3]: *** [/work/git/test-linux.git/scripts/Makefile.modfinal:62: 
arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] Error 1

The reason is that the module only uses the tracepoints defined and
exported by the main kvm module. The tracepoint-udpate.c code fails the

I guess you mean "tracepoint-update.c" ?

build if a tracepoint is used, but there's no tracepoints defined. But

tracepoint

this is acceptable in modules if the tracepoints is defined in the vmlinux

tracepoint

proper or another module and exported.

Do not fail to build if a tracepoint is used but no tracepoints are

tracepoint .. is

Thanks,

Mathieu

defined if the code is a module. This should still never happen for the
vmlinux itself.

Fixes: e30f8e61e2518 ("tracing: Add a tracepoint verification check at build 
time")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <[email protected]>
---
  scripts/tracepoint-update.c | 3 +++
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
index 7f7d90df14ce..90046aedc97b 100644
--- a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
+++ b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ static int process_tracepoints(bool mod, void *addr, const 
char *fname)
        }
if (!tracepoint_data_sec) {
+               /* A module may reference only exported tracepoints */
+               if (mod)
+                       return 0;
                fprintf(stderr, "no __tracepoint_strings in file: %s\n", fname);
                return -1;
        }


--
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
https://www.efficios.com

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