MODULE_IMPORT_NS should use string literal on Linux kernel 6.13-rc2+

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NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

565.77

Operating System and Version

AOSC OS

Kernel Release

6.13.0-aosc-main

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.

• I am running on a stable kernel release.

Build Command

dkms install

Terminal output/Build Log

In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-6.13.0-aosc-main/include/linux/module.h:22,
                 from nvidia/nv.c:24:
nvidia/nv.c:130:18: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘DMA_BUF’
  130 | MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
      |                  ^~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.13.0-aosc-main/include/linux/moduleparam.h:26:61: note: in definition of macro ‘__MODULE_INFO’
   26 |                 = __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
      |                                                             ^~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.13.0-aosc-main/include/linux/module.h:299:33: note: in expansion of macro ‘MODULE_INFO’
  299 | #define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns)    MODULE_INFO(import_ns, ns)
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~
nvidia/nv.c:130:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘MODULE_IMPORT_NS’
  130 | MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More Info

The parameter of MODULE_IMPORT_NS has been changed from constants to string literal: torvalds/linux@cdd30eb.

[noshricardo]

This is still an issue on the 6.13 stable release.

[ptr1337]

This is still an issue on the 6.13 stable release.

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/nvidia-utils/-/commit/101b429bbf1ff62947f50a7e983d0086db8f2df9

Here is the patches, we use on archlinux for 6.13 support. 565 will not get a release, and the next expected release will be together with the client blackwell release.

[noshricardo]

This is still an issue on the 6.13 stable release.

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/nvidia-utils/-/commit/101b429bbf1ff62947f50a7e983d0086db8f2df9

Here is the patches, we use on archlinux for 6.13 support. 565 will not get a release, and the next expected release will be together with the client blackwell release.

has this been applied to nvidia-open-dkms?

[ptr1337]

This is still an issue on the 6.13 stable release.

gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/nvidia-utils/-/commit/101b429bbf1ff62947f50a7e983d0086db8f2df9
Here is the patches, we use on archlinux for 6.13 support. 565 will not get a release, and the next expected release will be together with the client blackwell release.

has this been applied to nvidia-open-dkms?

Yes, most of them are applied to nvidia-open. You can see it in the patch list in the PKGBUILD.

[aritger]

My apologies for the delays in releasing a driver with Linux kernel 6.13 compatibility. I hope a release will be made soon. Thank you for your patience, and for the patches made by @ptr1337 .

For posterity, this MODULE_IMPORT_NS issue was tracked internally by NVIDIA as bug 5017197.