Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-linus

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-linus:
  kbuild: soften modpost checks when doing cross builds

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 9ddf944cce29..348d8687b7c9 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ do {                                                            \
                 sprintf(str + strlen(str), "*");                \
 } while(0)
 
+unsigned int cross_build = 0;
 /**
  * Check that sizeof(device_id type) are consistent with size of section
  * in .o file. If in-consistent then userspace and kernel does not agree
  * on actual size which is a bug.
  * Also verify that the final entry in the table is all zeros.
+ * Ignore both checks if build host differ from target host and size differs.
  **/
 static void device_id_check(const char *modname, const char *device_id,
                             unsigned long size, unsigned long id_size,
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ static void device_id_check(const char *modname, const char *device_id,
         int i;
 
         if (size % id_size || size < id_size) {
+                if (cross_build != 0)
+                        return;
                 fatal("%s: sizeof(struct %s_device_id)=%lu is not a modulo "
                       "of the size of section __mod_%s_device_table=%lu.\n"
                       "Fix definition of struct %s_device_id "