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SubjectQuestion about module.[c,h] - kernel 2.4.18
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Hi folks:

I am in the process of doing some compile cleanups - a la kernel
janitors project type stuff.

I came across a fairly major inconsistancy in module.c and module.h and
I was hoping someone could tell me just how whacked my view of this
is...

The code in question from module.c...

struct module kernel_module =
{
size_of_struct: sizeof(struct module),
name: "",
uc: {ATOMIC_INIT(1)},
flags: MOD_RUNNING,
syms: __start___ksymtab,
ex_table_start: __start___ex_table,
ex_table_end: __stop___ex_table,
kallsyms_start: __start___kallsyms,
kallsyms_end: __stop___kallsyms,

};

Looks fairly straight forward, but it is missing several elements from
the module struct. The module struct is defined as follows:

struct module
{
unsigned long size_of_struct; /* == sizeof(module) */
struct module *next;
const char *name;
unsigned long size;

union
{
atomic_t usecount;
long pad;
} uc; /* Needs to keep its size - so
says rth */

unsigned long flags; /* AUTOCLEAN et al */

unsigned nsyms;
unsigned ndeps;

struct module_symbol *syms;
struct module_ref *deps;
struct module_ref *refs;
int (*init)(void);
void (*cleanup)(void);
const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_start;
const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_end;
#ifdef __alpha__
unsigned long gp;
#endif
/* Members past this point are extensions to the basic
module support and are optional. Use mod_member_present()
to examine them. */
const struct module_persist *persist_start;
const struct module_persist *persist_end;
int (*can_unload)(void);
int runsize; /* In modutils, not currently
used */
const char *kallsyms_start; /* All symbols for kernel
debugging */
const char *kallsyms_end;
const char *archdata_start; /* arch specific data for module
*/
const char *archdata_end;
const char *kernel_data; /* Reserved for kernel internal
use */
};


In essence, there are 20 elements to the module struct (i386), but
module.c only initializes 9 of those elements. This gives 11
uninitialized elements (and compile warnings). These warnings are what
I am trying to kill off.

Does anyone see any problems with initializing the remaining elements of
this struct?

--
Ron Gage - Saginaw, MI
(ron@rongage.org)


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