user/sven/linux.git/scripts/mod/modpost.h, branch v5.10.46

modpost: change elf_info->size to size_t

2020-06-06T14:39:20Z

Align with the mmap / munmap APIs. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: strip .o from modname before calling new_module()

2020-06-06T14:39:20Z

new_module() conditionally strips the .o because the modname has .o suffix when it is called from read_symbols(), but no .o when it is called from read_dump(). It is clearer to strip .o in read_symbols(). I also used flexible-array for mod->name. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: remove mod->skip struct member

2020-06-06T14:39:20Z

The meaning of 'skip' is obscure since it does not explain "what to skip". mod->skip is set when it is vmlinux or the module info came from a dump file. So, mod->skip is equivalent to (mod->is_vmlinux || mod->from_dump). For the check in write_namespace_deps_files(), mod->is_vmlinux is unneeded because the -d option is not passed in the first pass of modpost. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: add mod->is_vmlinux struct member

2020-06-06T14:39:19Z

is_vmlinux() is called in several places to check whether the current module is vmlinux or not. It is faster and clearer to check mod->is_vmlinux flag. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: remove mod->is_dot_o struct member

2020-06-06T14:38:13Z

Previously, there were two cases where mod->is_dot_o is unset: [1] the executable 'vmlinux' in the second pass of modpost [2] modules loaded by read_dump() I think [1] was intended usage to distinguish 'vmlinux.o' and 'vmlinux'. Now that modpost does not parse the executable 'vmlinux', this case does not happen. [2] is obscure, maybe a bug. Module.symver stores module paths without extension. So, none of modules loaded by read_dump() has the .o suffix, and new_module() unsets ->is_dot_o. Anyway, it is not a big deal because handle_symbol() is not called for the case. To sum up, all the parsed ELF files are .o files. mod->is_dot_o is unneeded. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: remove get_next_text() and make {grab,release_}file static

2020-06-06T14:38:13Z

get_next_line() is no longer used. Remove. grab_file() and release_file() are only used in modpost.c. Make them static. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: add read_text_file() and get_line() helpers

2020-06-06T14:38:12Z

modpost uses grab_file() to open a file, but it is not suitable for a text file because the mmap'ed file is not terminated by null byte. Actually, I see some issues for the use of grab_file(). The new helper, read_text_file() loads the whole file content into a malloc'ed buffer, and appends a null byte. Then, get_line() reads each line. To handle text files, I intend to replace as follows: grab_file() -> read_text_file() get_new_line() -> get_line() Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: drop RCS/CVS $Revision handling in MODULE_VERSION()

2020-06-06T14:38:12Z

As far as I understood, this code gets rid of '$Revision$' or '$Revision:' of CVS, RCS or whatever in MODULE_VERSION() tags. Remove the primeval code. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: track if the symbol origin is a dump file or ELF object

2020-06-06T14:36:55Z

The meaning of sym->kernel is obscure; it is set for in-kernel symbols loaded from Modules.symvers. This happens only when we are building external modules, and it is used to determine whether to dump symbols to $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers It is clearer to remember whether the symbol or module came from a dump file or ELF object. This changes the KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS behavior. Previously, symbols loaded from KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS are accumulated into the current $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers Going forward, they will be only used to check symbol references, but not dumped into the current $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers. I believe this makes more sense. sym->vmlinux will have no user. Remove it too. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost,fixdep: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

2020-05-25T15:03:16Z

The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2], introduced in C99: struct foo { int stuff; struct boo array[]; }; By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on. Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by this change: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues. This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle. [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21 [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada