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…rnel/git/jeyu/linux Pull modules updates from Jessica Yu: "The main bulk of this pull request introduces a new exported symbol namespaces feature. The number of exported symbols is increasingly growing with each release (we're at about 31k exports as of 5.3-rc7) and we currently have no way of visualizing how these symbols are "clustered" or making sense of this huge export surface. Namespacing exported symbols allows kernel developers to more explicitly partition and categorize exported symbols, as well as more easily limiting the availability of namespaced symbols to other parts of the kernel. For starters, we have introduced the USB_STORAGE namespace to demonstrate the API's usage. I have briefly summarized the feature and its main motivations in the tag below. Summary: - Introduce exported symbol namespaces. This new feature allows subsystem maintainers to partition and categorize their exported symbols into explicit namespaces. Module authors are now required to import the namespaces they need. Some of the main motivations of this feature include: allowing kernel developers to better manage the export surface, allow subsystem maintainers to explicitly state that usage of some exported symbols should only be limited to certain users (think: inter-module or inter-driver symbols, debugging symbols, etc), as well as more easily limiting the availability of namespaced symbols to other parts of the kernel. With the module import requirement, it is also easier to spot the misuse of exported symbols during patch review. Two new macros are introduced: EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). The API is thoroughly documented in Documentation/kbuild/namespaces.rst. - Some small code and kbuild cleanups here and there" * tag 'modules-for-v5.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux: module: Remove leftover '#undef' from export header module: remove unneeded casts in cmp_name() module: move CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS to the sub-menu of MODULES module: remove redundant 'depends on MODULES' module: Fix link failure due to invalid relocation on namespace offset usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace usb-storage: remove single-use define for debugging docs: Add documentation for Symbol Namespaces scripts: Coccinelle script for namespace dependencies. modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies export: allow definition default namespaces in Makefiles or sources module: add config option MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS modpost: add support for symbol namespaces module: add support for symbol namespaces. export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol module: support reading multiple values per modinfo tag
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*.mod | ||
*.mod.c | ||
*.ns_deps | ||
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*.patch | ||
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================= | ||
Symbol Namespaces | ||
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The following document describes how to use Symbol Namespaces to structure the | ||
export surface of in-kernel symbols exported through the family of | ||
EXPORT_SYMBOL() macros. | ||
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.. Table of Contents | ||
=== 1 Introduction | ||
=== 2 How to define Symbol Namespaces | ||
--- 2.1 Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL macros | ||
--- 2.2 Using the DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE define | ||
=== 3 How to use Symbols exported in Namespaces | ||
=== 4 Loading Modules that use namespaced Symbols | ||
=== 5 Automatically creating MODULE_IMPORT_NS statements | ||
1. Introduction | ||
=============== | ||
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Symbol Namespaces have been introduced as a means to structure the export | ||
surface of the in-kernel API. It allows subsystem maintainers to partition | ||
their exported symbols into separate namespaces. That is useful for | ||
documentation purposes (think of the SUBSYSTEM_DEBUG namespace) as well as for | ||
limiting the availability of a set of symbols for use in other parts of the | ||
kernel. As of today, modules that make use of symbols exported into namespaces, | ||
are required to import the namespace. Otherwise the kernel will, depending on | ||
its configuration, reject loading the module or warn about a missing import. | ||
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2. How to define Symbol Namespaces | ||
================================== | ||
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Symbols can be exported into namespace using different methods. All of them are | ||
changing the way EXPORT_SYMBOL and friends are instrumented to create ksymtab | ||
entries. | ||
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2.1 Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL macros | ||
================================== | ||
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In addition to the macros EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), that allow | ||
exporting of kernel symbols to the kernel symbol table, variants of these are | ||
available to export symbols into a certain namespace: EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and | ||
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). They take one additional argument: the namespace. | ||
Please note that due to macro expansion that argument needs to be a | ||
preprocessor symbol. E.g. to export the symbol `usb_stor_suspend` into the | ||
namespace `USB_STORAGE`, use:: | ||
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(usb_stor_suspend, USB_STORAGE); | ||
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The corresponding ksymtab entry struct `kernel_symbol` will have the member | ||
`namespace` set accordingly. A symbol that is exported without a namespace will | ||
refer to `NULL`. There is no default namespace if none is defined. `modpost` | ||
and kernel/module.c make use the namespace at build time or module load time, | ||
respectively. | ||
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2.2 Using the DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE define | ||
============================================= | ||
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Defining namespaces for all symbols of a subsystem can be very verbose and may | ||
become hard to maintain. Therefore a default define (DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE) | ||
is been provided, that, if set, will become the default for all EXPORT_SYMBOL() | ||
and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() macro expansions that do not specify a namespace. | ||
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There are multiple ways of specifying this define and it depends on the | ||
subsystem and the maintainer's preference, which one to use. The first option | ||
is to define the default namespace in the `Makefile` of the subsystem. E.g. to | ||
export all symbols defined in usb-common into the namespace USB_COMMON, add a | ||
line like this to drivers/usb/common/Makefile:: | ||
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ccflags-y += -DDEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE=USB_COMMON | ||
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That will affect all EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() statements. A | ||
symbol exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() while this definition is present, will | ||
still be exported into the namespace that is passed as the namespace argument | ||
as this argument has preference over a default symbol namespace. | ||
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A second option to define the default namespace is directly in the compilation | ||
unit as preprocessor statement. The above example would then read:: | ||
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#undef DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE | ||
#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE USB_COMMON | ||
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within the corresponding compilation unit before any EXPORT_SYMBOL macro is | ||
used. | ||
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3. How to use Symbols exported in Namespaces | ||
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In order to use symbols that are exported into namespaces, kernel modules need | ||
to explicitly import these namespaces. Otherwise the kernel might reject to | ||
load the module. The module code is required to use the macro MODULE_IMPORT_NS | ||
for the namespaces it uses symbols from. E.g. a module using the | ||
usb_stor_suspend symbol from above, needs to import the namespace USB_STORAGE | ||
using a statement like:: | ||
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MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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This will create a `modinfo` tag in the module for each imported namespace. | ||
This has the side effect, that the imported namespaces of a module can be | ||
inspected with modinfo:: | ||
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$ modinfo drivers/usb/storage/ums-karma.ko | ||
[...] | ||
import_ns: USB_STORAGE | ||
[...] | ||
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It is advisable to add the MODULE_IMPORT_NS() statement close to other module | ||
metadata definitions like MODULE_AUTHOR() or MODULE_LICENSE(). Refer to section | ||
5. for a way to create missing import statements automatically. | ||
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4. Loading Modules that use namespaced Symbols | ||
============================================== | ||
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At module loading time (e.g. `insmod`), the kernel will check each symbol | ||
referenced from the module for its availability and whether the namespace it | ||
might be exported to has been imported by the module. The default behaviour of | ||
the kernel is to reject loading modules that don't specify sufficient imports. | ||
An error will be logged and loading will be failed with EINVAL. In order to | ||
allow loading of modules that don't satisfy this precondition, a configuration | ||
option is available: Setting MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS=y will | ||
enable loading regardless, but will emit a warning. | ||
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5. Automatically creating MODULE_IMPORT_NS statements | ||
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Missing namespaces imports can easily be detected at build time. In fact, | ||
modpost will emit a warning if a module uses a symbol from a namespace | ||
without importing it. | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS() statements will usually be added at a definite location | ||
(along with other module meta data). To make the life of module authors (and | ||
subsystem maintainers) easier, a script and make target is available to fixup | ||
missing imports. Fixing missing imports can be done with:: | ||
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$ make nsdeps | ||
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A typical scenario for module authors would be:: | ||
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- write code that depends on a symbol from a not imported namespace | ||
- `make` | ||
- notice the warning of modpost telling about a missing import | ||
- run `make nsdeps` to add the import to the correct code location | ||
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For subsystem maintainers introducing a namespace, the steps are very similar. | ||
Again, `make nsdeps` will eventually add the missing namespace imports for | ||
in-tree modules:: | ||
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- move or add symbols to a namespace (e.g. with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS()) | ||
- `make` (preferably with an allmodconfig to cover all in-kernel | ||
modules) | ||
- notice the warning of modpost telling about a missing import | ||
- run `make nsdeps` to add the import to the correct code location | ||
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T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wtarreau/nolibc.git | ||
F: tools/include/nolibc/ | ||
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NSDEPS | ||
M: Matthias Maennich <[email protected]> | ||
S: Maintained | ||
F: scripts/nsdeps | ||
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NTB AMD DRIVER | ||
M: Shyam Sundar S K <[email protected]> | ||
L: [email protected] | ||
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#define KSYM_ALIGN 2 | ||
#define KCRC_ALIGN 2 | ||
#include <asm-generic/export.h> |
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Alauda-based card readers"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Drake <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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/* | ||
* Status bytes | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SAT support for Cypress USB/ATA bridges with ATACB"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthieu Castet <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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/* | ||
* The table of devices | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Datafab USB Compact Flash reader"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jimmie Mayfield <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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struct datafab_info { | ||
unsigned long sectors; /* total sector count */ | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Freecom USB/IDE adaptor"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("David Brown <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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#ifdef CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG | ||
static void pdump(struct us_data *us, void *ibuffer, int length); | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for In-System Design, Inc. ISD200 ASIC"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Björn Stenberg <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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static int isd200_Initialization(struct us_data *us); | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Lexar \"Jumpshot\" Compact Flash reader"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jimmie Mayfield <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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/* | ||
* The table of devices | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Rio Karma"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Bob Copeland <[email protected]>, Keith Bennett <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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#define RIO_PREFIX "RIOP\x00" | ||
#define RIO_PREFIX_LEN 5 | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Maxtor USB OneTouch hard drive button driver"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Nick Sillik <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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#define ONETOUCH_PKT_LEN 0x02 | ||
#define ONETOUCH_BUTTON KEY_PROG1 | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Realtek USB Card Reader"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("wwang <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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static int auto_delink_en = 1; | ||
module_param(auto_delink_en, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SanDisk SDDR-09 SmartMedia reader"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Andries Brouwer <[email protected]>, Robert Baruch <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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static int usb_stor_sddr09_dpcm_init(struct us_data *us); | ||
static int sddr09_transport(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us); | ||
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SCM Microsystems (a.k.a. Shuttle) USB-ATAPI cable"); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Drake <[email protected]>, Robert Baruch <[email protected]>"); | ||
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
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/* Supported device types */ | ||
#define USBAT_DEV_HP8200 0x01 | ||
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MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); | ||
MODULE_IMPORT_NS(USB_STORAGE); | ||
MODULE_AUTHOR( | ||
"Hans de Goede <[email protected]>, Matthew Wilcox and Sarah Sharp"); |
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