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Subject[PATCH] Move __this_module to xxx.mod.c
This patch moves the module structure to the generated .mod.c file, 
instead of compiling it into each object and relying on the linker to
include it only once.

--
Brian Gerst
diff -urN linux-2.5.61-bk1/arch/v850/Makefile linux/arch/v850/Makefile
--- linux-2.5.61-bk1/arch/v850/Makefile 2003-02-10 14:22:14.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/arch/v850/Makefile 2003-02-16 14:00:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
CFLAGS += -fno-builtin
CFLAGS += -D__linux__ -DUTS_SYSNAME=\"uClinux\"

-# This prevents the linker from consolidating the .gnu.linkonce.this_module
-# section into .text (which the v850 default linker script for -r does for
-# some reason)
-LDFLAGS_MODULE += --unique=.gnu.linkonce.this_module
-
LDFLAGS_BLOB := -b binary --oformat elf32-little
OBJCOPY_FLAGS_BLOB := -I binary -O elf32-little -B v850e

diff -urN linux-2.5.61-bk1/include/linux/module.h linux/include/linux/module.h
--- linux-2.5.61-bk1/include/linux/module.h 2003-02-16 10:06:35.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/include/linux/module.h 2003-02-16 13:01:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -406,19 +406,6 @@

#ifdef MODULE
extern struct module __this_module;
-#ifdef KBUILD_MODNAME
-/* We make the linker do some of the work. */
-struct module __this_module
-__attribute__((section(".gnu.linkonce.this_module"))) = {
- .name = __stringify(KBUILD_MODNAME),
- .symbols = { .owner = &__this_module },
- .gpl_symbols = { .owner = &__this_module, .gplonly = 1 },
- .init = init_module,
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
- .exit = cleanup_module,
-#endif
-};
-#endif /* KBUILD_MODNAME */
#endif /* MODULE */

#define symbol_request(x) try_then_request_module(symbol_get(x), "symbol:" #x)
diff -urN linux-2.5.61-bk1/kernel/module.c linux/kernel/module.c
--- linux-2.5.61-bk1/kernel/module.c 2003-02-16 10:06:35.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/kernel/module.c 2003-02-16 14:10:29.000000000 -0500
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
strindex = sechdrs[i].sh_link;
DEBUGP("String table found in section %u\n", strindex);
} else if (strcmp(secstrings+sechdrs[i].sh_name,
- ".gnu.linkonce.this_module") == 0) {
+ "___this_module") == 0) {
/* The module struct */
DEBUGP("Module in section %u\n", i);
modindex = i;
diff -urN linux-2.5.61-bk1/scripts/modpost.c linux/scripts/modpost.c
--- linux-2.5.61-bk1/scripts/modpost.c 2003-02-16 10:06:35.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/scripts/modpost.c 2003-02-16 14:10:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@
/* undefined symbol */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) != STB_GLOBAL)
break;
+
+ /* ignore __this_module */
+ if (!strcmp(symname, "__this_module"))
+ break;

s = alloc_symbol(symname);
/* add to list */
@@ -378,7 +382,7 @@
/* Header for the generated file */

void
-add_header(struct buffer *b)
+add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
{
buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/module.h>\n");
buf_printf(b, "#include <linux/vermagic.h>\n");
@@ -386,6 +390,17 @@
buf_printf(b, "const char vermagic[]\n");
buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\"__vermagic\"))) =\n");
buf_printf(b, "VERMAGIC_STRING;\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "struct module __this_module\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\"___this_module\"))) = {\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "\t.name = \"%s\",\n", strrchr(mod->name, '/') + 1);
+ buf_printf(b, "\t.symbols = { .owner = &__this_module },\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "\t.gpl_symbols = { .owner = &__this_module, .gplonly = 1 },\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "\t.init = init_module,\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "\t.exit = cleanup_module,\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "#endif\n");
+ buf_printf(b, "};\n");
}

/* Record CRCs for unresolved symbols */
@@ -526,7 +541,7 @@

buf.pos = 0;

- add_header(&buf);
+ add_header(&buf, mod);
add_versions(&buf, mod);
add_depends(&buf, mod, modules);
add_moddevtable(&buf, mod);
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