include/linux/module.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
The MODULE_IMPORT_NS() macro does not allow defined strings to work
properly with it, so add a layer of indirection to allow this to happen.
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Note, there is no in-kernel user of this, I wrote this to help deal with
some module namespace issues that Android kernels were having where we
wanted to put the namespace name in a build #define to make things
easier over time when combined with the change at:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220108140415.3360088-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/
I can also see this be used in ways to make namespace names up "on the
fly at build time" when combined with the above-referenced change to
create a different namespace for every time the kernel is built to do a
poor-man's symbol mangling to make life harder for out-of-tree modules.
Not that I would ever suggest such a thing :)
include/linux/module.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index c9f1200b2312..f4338235ed2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \
* files require multiple MODULE_FIRMWARE() specifiers */
#define MODULE_FIRMWARE(_firmware) MODULE_INFO(firmware, _firmware)
-#define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) MODULE_INFO(import_ns, #ns)
+#define _MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) MODULE_INFO(import_ns, #ns)
+#define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) _MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns)
struct notifier_block;
--
2.34.1
On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 03:06:57PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >The MODULE_IMPORT_NS() macro does not allow defined strings to work >properly with it, so add a layer of indirection to allow this to happen. > >Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> >Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> >Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com> Cheers, Matthias >--- >Note, there is no in-kernel user of this, I wrote this to help deal with >some module namespace issues that Android kernels were having where we >wanted to put the namespace name in a build #define to make things >easier over time when combined with the change at: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220108140415.3360088-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/ > >I can also see this be used in ways to make namespace names up "on the >fly at build time" when combined with the above-referenced change to >create a different namespace for every time the kernel is built to do a >poor-man's symbol mangling to make life harder for out-of-tree modules. >Not that I would ever suggest such a thing :) > > include/linux/module.h | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h >index c9f1200b2312..f4338235ed2c 100644 >--- a/include/linux/module.h >+++ b/include/linux/module.h >@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \ > * files require multiple MODULE_FIRMWARE() specifiers */ > #define MODULE_FIRMWARE(_firmware) MODULE_INFO(firmware, _firmware) > >-#define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) MODULE_INFO(import_ns, #ns) >+#define _MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) MODULE_INFO(import_ns, #ns) >+#define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) _MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns) > > struct notifier_block; > >-- >2.34.1 >
On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 03:06:57PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The MODULE_IMPORT_NS() macro does not allow defined strings to work > properly with it, so add a layer of indirection to allow this to happen. > > Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> > Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> > Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Thanks, queued onto modulex-next [0]. [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux.git/log/?h=modules-next Luis
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