Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:16:45 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [patch 01/03] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() |
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:49:26PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:49:22AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the > > future, so that non-GPL usage of them is flagged by the kernel and > > printed out to the system log. > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > The patch duplicate too much code to my taste at least. > May I suggest to consolidate a little in module.c before applying the > GPL_FUTURE stuff. > > Have you considered: EXPORT_GPL_SOON()? > > Sam > > See sample patch for potential consolidation: > [compiletime tested only...]
Better version below...
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 618ed6e..a57f92d 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ extern const unsigned long __start___kcr #define symversion(base, idx) ((base) ? ((base) + (idx)) : NULL) #endif +/* lookup symbol in given range of kernel_symbols */ +static const struct kernel_symbol *lookup_symbol(const char *name, + const struct kernel_symbol *start, + const struct kernel_symbol *stop) +{ + const struct kernel_symbol *ks = start; + for (; ks < stop; ks++) + if (strcmp(ks->name, name) == 0) + return ks; + return NULL; +} + /* Find a symbol, return value, crc and module which owns it */ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const char *name, struct module **owner, @@ -142,39 +154,41 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const int gplok) { struct module *mod; - unsigned int i; + const struct kernel_symbol *ks; /* Core kernel first. */ *owner = NULL; - for (i = 0; __start___ksymtab+i < __stop___ksymtab; i++) { - if (strcmp(__start___ksymtab[i].name, name) == 0) { - *crc = symversion(__start___kcrctab, i); - return __start___ksymtab[i].value; - } + ks = lookup_symbol(name, __start___ksymtab, __stop___ksymtab); + if (ks) { + *crc = symversion(__start___kcrctab, (ks - __start___ksymtab)); + return ks->value; } if (gplok) { - for (i = 0; __start___ksymtab_gpl+i<__stop___ksymtab_gpl; i++) - if (strcmp(__start___ksymtab_gpl[i].name, name) == 0) { - *crc = symversion(__start___kcrctab_gpl, i); - return __start___ksymtab_gpl[i].value; - } + ks = lookup_symbol(name, __start___ksymtab_gpl, + __stop___ksymtab_gpl); + if (ks) { + *crc = symversion(__start___kcrctab_gpl, + (ks - __start___ksymtab_gpl)); + return ks->value; + } } /* Now try modules. */ list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) { *owner = mod; - for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++) - if (strcmp(mod->syms[i].name, name) == 0) { - *crc = symversion(mod->crcs, i); - return mod->syms[i].value; - } + ks = lookup_symbol(name, mod->syms, mod->syms + mod->num_syms); + if (ks) { + *crc = symversion(mod->crcs, (ks - mod->syms)); + return ks->value; + } if (gplok) { - for (i = 0; i < mod->num_gpl_syms; i++) { - if (strcmp(mod->gpl_syms[i].name, name) == 0) { - *crc = symversion(mod->gpl_crcs, i); - return mod->gpl_syms[i].value; - } + ks = lookup_symbol(name, mod->gpl_syms, + mod->gpl_syms + mod->num_gpl_syms); + if (ks) { + *crc = symversion(mod->gpl_crcs, + (ks - mod->gpl_syms)); + return ks->value; } } } @@ -1444,18 +1458,12 @@ static void setup_modinfo(struct module #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS int is_exported(const char *name, const struct module *mod) { - unsigned int i; - - if (!mod) { - for (i = 0; __start___ksymtab+i < __stop___ksymtab; i++) - if (strcmp(__start___ksymtab[i].name, name) == 0) - return 1; - return 0; - } - for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++) - if (strcmp(mod->syms[i].name, name) == 0) + if (!mod && lookup_symbol(name, __start___ksymtab, __stop___ksymtab)) return 1; - return 0; + else if (lookup_symbol(name, mod->syms, mod->syms + mod->num_syms)) + return 1; + else + return 0; } /* As per nm */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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