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Xi Wang committed 3c7624d8fc0
net: hns3: Fix for hns3 module is loaded multiple times problem
If the hns3 driver has been built into kernel and then loaded with
the same driver which built as KLM, it may trigger an error like
below:
[ 20.009555] hns3: Hisilicon Ethernet Network Driver for Hip08 Family - version
[ 20.016789] hns3: Copyright (c) 2017 Huawei Corporation.
[ 20.022100] Error: Driver 'hns3' is already registered, aborting...
[ 23.517397] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
...
[ 23.691583] Process insmod (pid: 1982, stack limit = 0x00000000cd5f21cb)
[ 23.698270] Call trace:
[ 23.700705] __list_del_entry_valid+0x2c/0xd8
[ 23.705049] hnae3_unregister_client+0x68/0xa8
[ 23.709487] hns3_init_module+0x98/0x1000 [hns3]
[ 23.714093] do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x170
[ 23.717918] do_init_module+0x64/0x1f4
[ 23.721654] load_module+0x1d14/0x24b0
[ 23.725390] SyS_init_module+0x158/0x208
[ 23.729300] el0_svc_naked+0x30/0x34
This patch fixes it by adding module version info.
Fixes: 38caee9d3ee8 ("net: hns3: Add support of the HNAE3 framework")
Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <wangxi11@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>