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Hence the module loader doesn't need to find and process these sections in modules. Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu --- include/linux/module.h | 3 --- kernel/module/internal.h | 3 --- kernel/module/main.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++------------------------ 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 9ba6ce433ac3..1a9c41318e22 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -431,9 +431,6 @@ struct module { unsigned int num_kp; =20 /* GPL-only exported symbols. */ - unsigned int num_gpl_syms; - const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_syms; - const u32 *gpl_crcs; bool using_gplonly_symbols; =20 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h index 69b84510e097..061161cc79d9 100644 --- a/kernel/module/internal.h +++ b/kernel/module/internal.h @@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ extern const size_t modinfo_attrs_count; /* Provided by the linker */ extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab[]; extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab[]; -extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_gpl[]; -extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[]; extern const u32 __start___kcrctab[]; -extern const u32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[]; extern const u8 __start___kflagstab[]; =20 #define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256 diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index 4197af526087..f5f9872dc070 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -1464,29 +1464,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__symbol_get); */ static int verify_exported_symbols(struct module *mod) { - unsigned int i; const struct kernel_symbol *s; - struct { - const struct kernel_symbol *sym; - unsigned int num; - } arr[] =3D { - { mod->syms, mod->num_syms }, - { mod->gpl_syms, mod->num_gpl_syms }, - }; - - for (i =3D 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); i++) { - for (s =3D arr[i].sym; s < arr[i].sym + arr[i].num; s++) { - struct find_symbol_arg fsa =3D { - .name =3D kernel_symbol_name(s), - .gplok =3D true, - }; - if (find_symbol(&fsa)) { - pr_err("%s: exports duplicate symbol %s" - " (owned by %s)\n", - mod->name, kernel_symbol_name(s), - module_name(fsa.owner)); - return -ENOEXEC; - } + for (s =3D mod->syms; s < mod->syms + mod->num_syms; s++) { + struct find_symbol_arg fsa =3D { + .name =3D kernel_symbol_name(s), + .gplok =3D true, + }; + if (find_symbol(&fsa)) { + pr_err("%s: exports duplicate symbol %s" + " (owned by %s)\n", + mod->name, kernel_symbol_name(s), + module_name(fsa.owner)); + return -ENOEXEC; } } return 0; @@ -2601,12 +2590,15 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod,= struct load_info *info) mod->syms =3D section_objs(info, "__ksymtab", sizeof(*mod->syms), &mod->num_syms); mod->crcs =3D section_addr(info, "__kcrctab"); - mod->gpl_syms =3D section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_gpl", - sizeof(*mod->gpl_syms), - &mod->num_gpl_syms); - mod->gpl_crcs =3D section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_gpl"); mod->flagstab =3D section_addr(info, "__kflagstab"); =20 + if (section_addr(info, "__ksymtab_gpl")) + pr_warn("%s: ignoring obsolete section __ksymtab_gpl\n", + mod->name); + if (section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_gpl")) + pr_warn("%s: ignoring obsolete section __kcrctab_gpl\n", + mod->name); + #ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS mod->ctors =3D section_objs(info, ".ctors", sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors); @@ -2816,8 +2808,7 @@ static int check_export_symbol_sections(struct module= *mod) return -ENOEXEC; } #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS - if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) || - (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)) { + if (mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) { return try_to_force_load(mod, "no versions for exported symbols"); } --=20 2.51.1.930.gacf6e81ea2-goog