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net: hns3: Fix for hns3 module is loaded multiple times problem

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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: 38caee9d3e ("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>
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Xi Wang 2018-05-19 16:53:19 +01:00 • committed by David S. Miller
commit 3c7624d8fc
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