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author | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2023-06-11 18:50:52 +0300 |
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committer | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2023-06-22 15:17:10 +0300 |
commit | ddb5cdbafaaad6b99d7007ae1740403124502d03 (patch) | |
tree | a721098445a1ff3be7943abaa39cc39687506c08 /include/linux/export-internal.h | |
parent | 94d6cb68124b7a63f24fcc345795ba5f9a27e694 (diff) | |
download | linux-ddb5cdbafaaad6b99d7007ae1740403124502d03.tar.xz |
kbuild: generate KSYMTAB entries by modpost
Commit 7b4537199a4a ("kbuild: link symbol CRCs at final link, removing
CONFIG_MODULE_REL_CRCS") made modpost output CRCs in the same way
whether the EXPORT_SYMBOL() is placed in *.c or *.S.
For further cleanups, this commit applies a similar approach to the
entire data structure of EXPORT_SYMBOL().
The EXPORT_SYMBOL() compilation is split into two stages.
When a source file is compiled, EXPORT_SYMBOL() will be converted into
a dummy symbol in the .export_symbol section.
For example,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(bar, BAR_NAMESPACE);
will be encoded into the following assembly code:
.section ".export_symbol","a"
__export_symbol_foo:
.asciz "" /* license */
.asciz "" /* name space */
.balign 8
.quad foo /* symbol reference */
.previous
.section ".export_symbol","a"
__export_symbol_bar:
.asciz "GPL" /* license */
.asciz "BAR_NAMESPACE" /* name space */
.balign 8
.quad bar /* symbol reference */
.previous
They are mere markers to tell modpost the name, license, and namespace
of the symbols. They will be dropped from the final vmlinux and modules
because the *(.export_symbol) will go into /DISCARD/ in the linker script.
Then, modpost extracts all the information about EXPORT_SYMBOL() from the
.export_symbol section, and generates the final C code:
KSYMTAB_FUNC(foo, "", "");
KSYMTAB_FUNC(bar, "_gpl", "BAR_NAMESPACE");
KSYMTAB_FUNC() (or KSYMTAB_DATA() if it is data) is expanded to struct
kernel_symbol that will be linked to the vmlinux or a module.
With this change, EXPORT_SYMBOL() works in the same way for *.c and *.S
files, providing the following benefits.
[1] Deprecate EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL()
In the old days, EXPORT_SYMBOL() was only available in C files. To export
a symbol in *.S, EXPORT_SYMBOL() was placed in a separate *.c file.
arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c is one example written in the classic manner.
Commit 22823ab419d8 ("EXPORT_SYMBOL() for asm") removed this limitation.
Since then, EXPORT_SYMBOL() can be placed close to the symbol definition
in *.S files. It was a nice improvement.
However, as that commit mentioned, you need to use EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL()
for data objects on some architectures.
In the new approach, modpost checks symbol's type (STT_FUNC or not),
and outputs KSYMTAB_FUNC() or KSYMTAB_DATA() accordingly.
There are only two users of EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL:
EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL_GPL(empty_zero_page) (arch/ia64/kernel/head.S)
EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL(ia64_ivt) (arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S)
They are transformed as follows and output into .vmlinux.export.c
KSYMTAB_DATA(empty_zero_page, "_gpl", "");
KSYMTAB_DATA(ia64_ivt, "", "");
The other EXPORT_SYMBOL users in ia64 assembly are output as
KSYMTAB_FUNC().
EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL() is now deprecated.
[2] merge <linux/export.h> and <asm-generic/export.h>
There are two similar header implementations:
include/linux/export.h for .c files
include/asm-generic/export.h for .S files
Ideally, the functionality should be consistent between them, but they
tend to diverge.
Commit 8651ec01daed ("module: add support for symbol namespaces.") did
not support the namespace for *.S files.
This commit shifts the essential implementation part to C, which supports
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() for *.S files.
<asm/export.h> and <asm-generic/export.h> will remain as a wrapper of
<linux/export.h> for a while.
They will be removed after #include <asm/export.h> directives are all
replaced with #include <linux/export.h>.
[3] Implement CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS in one-pass algorithm (by a later commit)
When CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled, Kbuild recursively traverses
the directory tree to determine which EXPORT_SYMBOL to trim. If an
EXPORT_SYMBOL turns out to be unused by anyone, Kbuild begins the
second traverse, where some source files are recompiled with their
EXPORT_SYMBOL() tuned into a no-op.
We can do this better now; modpost can selectively emit KSYMTAB entries
that are really used by modules.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/export-internal.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/export-internal.h | 49 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/export-internal.h b/include/linux/export-internal.h index fe7e6ba918f1..1c849db953a5 100644 --- a/include/linux/export-internal.h +++ b/include/linux/export-internal.h @@ -10,6 +10,55 @@ #include <linux/compiler.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS) +/* + * relative reference: this reduces the size by half on 64-bit architectures, + * and eliminates the need for absolute relocations that require runtime + * processing on relocatable kernels. + */ +#define __KSYM_REF(sym) ".long " #sym "- ." +#elif defined(CONFIG_64BIT) +#define __KSYM_REF(sym) ".quad " #sym +#else +#define __KSYM_REF(sym) ".long " #sym +#endif + +/* + * For every exported symbol, do the following: + * + * - Put the name of the symbol and namespace (empty string "" for none) in + * __ksymtab_strings. + * - Place a struct kernel_symbol entry in the __ksymtab section. + * + * Note on .section use: we specify progbits since usage of the "M" (SHF_MERGE) + * section flag requires it. Use '%progbits' instead of '@progbits' since the + * former apparently works on all arches according to the binutils source. + */ +#define __KSYMTAB(name, sym, sec, ns) \ + asm(" .section \"__ksymtab_strings\",\"aMS\",%progbits,1" "\n" \ + "__kstrtab_" #name ":" "\n" \ + " .asciz \"" #name "\"" "\n" \ + "__kstrtabns_" #name ":" "\n" \ + " .asciz \"" ns "\"" "\n" \ + " .previous" "\n" \ + " .section \"___ksymtab" sec "+" #name "\", \"a\"" "\n" \ + " .balign 4" "\n" \ + "__ksymtab_" #name ":" "\n" \ + __KSYM_REF(sym) "\n" \ + __KSYM_REF(__kstrtab_ ##name) "\n" \ + __KSYM_REF(__kstrtabns_ ##name) "\n" \ + " .previous" "\n" \ + ) + +#ifdef CONFIG_IA64 +#define KSYM_FUNC(name) @fptr(name) +#else +#define KSYM_FUNC(name) name +#endif + +#define KSYMTAB_FUNC(name, sec, ns) __KSYMTAB(name, KSYM_FUNC(name), sec, ns) +#define KSYMTAB_DATA(name, sec, ns) __KSYMTAB(name, name, sec, ns) + #define SYMBOL_CRC(sym, crc, sec) \ asm(".section \"___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym "\",\"a\"" "\n" \ "__crc_" #sym ":" "\n" \ |