kernel/linux.git/scripts/mod/modpost.h, branch v6.12.80

modpost: simplify modpost_log()

2024-09-01T11:34:50+00:00

With commit cda5f94e88b4 ("modpost: avoid using the alias attribute"), only two log levels remain: LOG_WARN and LOG_ERROR. Simplify this by making it a boolean variable. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor

modpost: replace the use of NOFAIL() with xmalloc() etc.

2024-09-01T11:34:48+00:00

I think x*alloc() functions are cleaner. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: detect endianness on run-time

2024-09-01T11:33:32+00:00

Endianness is currently detected on compile-time, but we can defer this until run-time. This change avoids re-executing scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig even if modpost in the linux-headers package needs to be rebuilt for a foreign architecture. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier

kbuild: move some helper headers from scripts/kconfig/ to scripts/include/

2024-07-21T14:10:43+00:00

Move array_size.h, hashtable.h, list.h, list_types.h from scripts/kconfig/ to scripts/include/. These headers will be useful for other host programs. Remove scripts/mod/list.h. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: avoid using the alias attribute

2024-01-31T14:24:27+00:00

Aiden Leong reported modpost fails to build on macOS since commit 16a473f60edc ("modpost: inform compilers that fatal() never returns"): scripts/mod/modpost.c:93:21: error: aliases are not supported on darwin Nathan's research indicates that Darwin seems to support weak aliases at least [1]. Although the situation might be improved in future Clang versions, we can achieve a similar outcome without relying on it. This commit makes fatal() a macro of error() + exit(1) in modpost.h, as compilers recognize that exit() never returns. [1]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/71001 Fixes: 16a473f60edc ("modpost: inform compilers that fatal() never returns") Reported-by: Aiden Leong Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d9ac2960-6644-4a87-b5e4-4bfb6e0364a8@aibsd.com/ Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

modpost: inform compilers that fatal() never returns

2023-12-10T06:34:37+00:00

The function fatal() never returns because modpost_log() calls exit(1) when LOG_FATAL is passed. Inform compilers of this fact so that unreachable code flow can be identified at compile time. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor

modpost: move attribute((format(printf, 2, 3))) to modpost.h

2023-12-10T06:34:37+00:00

This attribute must be added to the function declaration in a header for comprehensive checking of all the callsites. Fixes: 6d9a89ea4b06 ("kbuild: declare the modpost error functions as printf like") Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor

Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

2023-11-04T18:07:19+00:00

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada: - Implement the binary search in modpost for faster symbol lookup - Respect HOSTCC when linking host programs written in Rust - Change the binrpm-pkg target to generate kernel-devel RPM package - Fix endianness issues for tee and ishtp MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE - Unify vdso_install rules - Remove unused __memexit* annotations - Eliminate stale whitelisting for __devinit/__devexit from modpost - Enable dummy-tools to handle the -fpatchable-function-entry flag - Add 'userldlibs' syntax * tag 'kbuild-v6.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (30 commits) kbuild: support 'userldlibs' syntax kbuild: dummy-tools: pretend we understand -fpatchable-function-entry kbuild: Correct missing architecture-specific hyphens modpost: squash ALL_{INIT,EXIT}_TEXT_SECTIONS to ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS modpost: merge sectioncheck table entries regarding init/exit sections modpost: use ALL_INIT_SECTIONS for the section check from DATA_SECTIONS modpost: disallow the combination of EXPORT_SYMBOL and __meminit* modpost: remove EXIT_SECTIONS macro modpost: remove MEM_INIT_SECTIONS macro modpost: remove more symbol patterns from the section check whitelist modpost: disallow *driver to reference .meminit* sections linux/init: remove __memexit* annotations modpost: remove ALL_EXIT_DATA_SECTIONS macro kbuild: simplify cmd_ld_multi_m kbuild: avoid too many execution of scripts/pahole-flags.sh kbuild: remove ARCH_POSTLINK from module builds kbuild: unify no-compiler-targets and no-sync-config-targets kbuild: unify vdso_install rules docs: kbuild: add INSTALL_DTBS_PATH UML: remove unused cmd_vdso_install ...

modpost: define TO_NATIVE() using bswap_* functions

2023-10-18T08:16:09+00:00

The current TO_NATIVE() has some limitations: 1) You cannot cast the argument. 2) You cannot pass a variable marked as 'const'. 3) Passing an array is a bug, but it is not detected. Impelement TO_NATIVE() using bswap_*() functions. These are GNU extensions. If we face portability issues, we can port the code from include/uapi/linux/swab.h. With this change, get_rel_type_and_sym() can be simplified by casting the arguments directly. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers

modpost: Optimize symbol search from linear to binary search

2023-10-03T11:25:59+00:00

Modify modpost to use binary search for converting addresses back into symbol references. Previously it used linear search. This change saves a few seconds of wall time for defconfig builds, but can save several minutes on allyesconfigs. Before: $ make LLVM=1 -j128 allyesconfig vmlinux -s KCFLAGS="-Wno-error" $ time scripts/mod/modpost -M -m -a -N -o vmlinux.symvers vmlinux.o 198.38user 1.27system 3:19.71elapsed After: $ make LLVM=1 -j128 allyesconfig vmlinux -s KCFLAGS="-Wno-error" $ time scripts/mod/modpost -M -m -a -N -o vmlinux.symvers vmlinux.o 11.91user 0.85system 0:12.78elapsed Signed-off-by: Jack Brennen Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada