user/sven/linux.git/kernel/module.c, branch v3.0-rc2

Merge branch 'staging-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6

2011-05-23T19:49:28Z

* 'staging-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6: (970 commits) staging: usbip: replace usbip_u{dbg,err,info} and printk with dev_ and pr_ staging:iio: Trivial kconfig reorganization and uniformity improvements. staging:iio:documenation partial update. staging:iio: use pollfunc allocation helpers in remaining drivers. staging:iio:max1363 misc cleanups and use of for_each_bit_set to simplify event code spitting out. staging:iio: implement an iio_info structure to take some of the constant elements out of iio_dev. staging:iio:meter:ade7758: Use private data space from iio_allocate_device staging:iio:accel:lis3l02dq make write_reg_8 take value not a pointer to value. staging:iio: ring core cleanups + check if read_last available in lis3l02dq staging:iio:core cleanup: squash tiny wrappers and use dev_set_name to handle creation of event interface name. staging:iio: poll func allocation clean up. staging:iio:ad7780 trivial unused header cleanup. staging:iio:adc: AD7780: Use private data space from iio_allocate_device + trivial fixes staging:iio:adc:AD7780: Convert to new channel registration method staging:iio:adc: AD7606: Drop dev_data in favour of iio_priv() staging:iio:adc: AD7606: Consitently use indio_dev staging:iio: Rip out helper for software rings. staging:iio:adc:AD7298: Use private data space from iio_allocate_device staging:iio: rationalization of different buffer implementation hooks. staging:iio:imu:adis16400 avoid allocating rx, tx, and state separately from iio_dev. ... Fix up trivial conflicts in - drivers/staging/intel_sst/intelmid.c: patches applied in both branches - drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_{pci,usb}.c: removed vs spelling - drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c: trivial header file inclusion

module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()

2011-05-19T07:25:27Z

The function is_exported() with its helper function lookup_symbol() are used to verify if a provided symbol is effectively exported by the kernel or by the modules. Now that both have their symbols sorted we can replace a linear search with a binary search which provide a considerably speed-up. This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum. Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution

2011-05-19T07:25:27Z

Takes advantage of the order and locates symbols using binary search. This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum. Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Tested-by: Dirk Behme

module: each_symbol_section instead of each_symbol

2011-05-19T07:25:26Z

Instead of having a callback function for each symbol in the kernel, have a callback for each array of symbols. This eases the logic when we move to sorted symbols and binary search. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani

module: split unset_section_ro_nx function.

2011-05-19T07:25:26Z

Split the unprotect function into a function per section to make the code more readable and add the missing static declaration. Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

module: undo module RONX protection correctly.

2011-05-19T07:25:26Z

While debugging I stumbled over two problems in the code that protects module pages. First issue is that disabling the protection before freeing init or unload of a module is not symmetric with the enablement. For instance, if pages are set to RO the page range from module_core to module_core + core_ro_size is protected. If a module is unloaded the page range from module_core to module_core + core_size is set back to RW. So pages that were not set to RO are also changed to RW. This is not critical but IMHO it should be symmetric. Second issue is that while set_memory_rw & set_memory_ro are used for RO/RW changes only set_memory_nx is involved for NX/X. One would await that the inverse function is called when the NX protection should be removed, which is not the case here, unless I'm missing something. Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

module: zero mod->init_ro_size after init is freed.

2011-05-19T07:25:26Z

Reset mod->init_ro_size to zero after the init part of a module is unloaded. Otherwise we need to check if module->init is NULL in the unprotect functions in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

minor ANSI prototype sparse fix

2011-05-19T07:25:25Z

Fix function prototype to be ANSI-C compliant, consistent with other function prototypes, addressing a sparse warning. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

modules: Enabled dynamic debugging for staging modules

2011-04-25T23:45:22Z

Driver modules from the staging directory are marked 'tainted' by module.c. Subsequently, tainted modules are denied dynamic debugging. This is unwanted behavior, since staging modules should be able to use the dynamic debugging mechanism. Please merge this also into the staging-linus branch. Signed-off-by: Roland Vossen Acked-by: Jason Baron Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31T14:26:23Z

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi