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Subject[PATCH] Table fix for module-init-tools
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Linus, please apply,

This patch allows the new depmod to generate the USB & PCI
hotplug tables. Greg Banks and I are (slowly) working on a better
solution, but allows the old-style "modules.pcimap" etc. to be
generated in the short term.

Rusty.

Name: Module Table Support for module-init-tools depmod
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Tested on 2.5.50

D: This patch adds a "__mod_XXX_table" symbol which is an alias to the
D: module table, rather than a pointer. This makes it relatively
D: trivial to extract the table. Previously, it required a pointer
D: dereference, which means the relocations must be applied, which is
D: why the old depmod needs so much of modutils (ie. it basically
D: links the whole module in order to find the table).
D:
D: The old depmod can still be invoked using "-F System.map" to
D: generate the tables (there'll be lots of other warnings, and it
D: will generate a completely bogus modules.dep, but the tables should
D: be OK.)

diff -urNp --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.5.50/include/linux/module.h working-2.5.50-table/include/linux/module.h
--- linux-2.5.50/include/linux/module.h Mon Nov 25 08:44:18 2002
+++ working-2.5.50-table/include/linux/module.h Thu Nov 28 10:59:39 2002
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/cache.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>

#include <asm/module.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h> /* For struct exception_table_entry */
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ struct kernel_symbol

#ifdef MODULE

-#define MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(gtype,name) \
-static const unsigned long __module_##gtype##_size \
- __attribute__ ((unused)) = sizeof(struct gtype##_id); \
-static const struct gtype##_id * __module_##gtype##_table \
- __attribute__ ((unused)) = name
+/* For replacement modutils, use an alias not a pointer. */
+#define MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(gtype,name) \
+static const unsigned long __module_##gtype##_size \
+ __attribute__ ((unused)) = sizeof(struct gtype##_id); \
+static const struct gtype##_id * __module_##gtype##_table \
+ __attribute__ ((unused)) = name; \
+extern const struct gtype##_id __mod_##gtype##_table \
+ __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))

/* This is magically filled in by the linker, but THIS_MODULE must be
a constant so it works in initializers. */

--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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