From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Keep the .modinfo section during linking, but strip it from the final
vmlinux.
Adjust scripts/mksysmap to exclude modinfo symbols from kallsyms.
This change will allow the next commit to extract the .modinfo section
from the vmlinux.unstripped intermediate.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 2 +-
scripts/mksysmap | 3 +++
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index fa5f19b8d53a..1791665006f9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
/* Required sections not related to debugging. */
#define ELF_DETAILS \
+ .modinfo : { *(.modinfo) } \
.comment 0 : { *(.comment) } \
.symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) } \
.strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) } \
@@ -1044,7 +1045,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
*(.discard.*) \
*(.export_symbol) \
*(.no_trim_symbol) \
- *(.modinfo) \
/* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */ \
*(.gnu.version*) \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index 4f2d4c3fb737..e2ceeb9e168d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ endif
# vmlinux
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-remove-section-y :=
+remove-section-y := .modinfo
remove-section-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VMLINUX_NEEDS_RELOCS) += '.rel*'
quiet_cmd_strip_relocs = OBJCOPY $@
diff --git a/scripts/mksysmap b/scripts/mksysmap
index 3accbdb269ac..a607a0059d11 100755
--- a/scripts/mksysmap
+++ b/scripts/mksysmap
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
/ _SDA_BASE_$/d
/ _SDA2_BASE_$/d
+# MODULE_INFO()
+/ __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo[0-9]*$/d
+
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Ignored patterns
# (symbols that contain the pattern are ignored)
--
2.50.1On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 03:49:40PM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
Hi Alexey, Masahiro,
> From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
>
> Keep the .modinfo section during linking, but strip it from the final
> vmlinux.
>
> Adjust scripts/mksysmap to exclude modinfo symbols from kallsyms.
>
> This change will allow the next commit to extract the .modinfo section
> from the vmlinux.unstripped intermediate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
> scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 2 +-
> scripts/mksysmap | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index fa5f19b8d53a..1791665006f9 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
>
> /* Required sections not related to debugging. */
> #define ELF_DETAILS \
> + .modinfo : { *(.modinfo) } \
FWIW, to me .modinfo logically does not quite belong to ELF_DETAILS,
since it is not about ELF.
I would guess, that you want to make a minimal code impact to the
linker scripts, but with that you turn .modinfo the only section
among ones that do not make it to the final image:
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
ELF_DETAILS
That immediately breaks s390, but also is a call for trouble in
the future, as far as I am concerned.
Would it makes sense to introduce e.g MODINFO instead?
> .comment 0 : { *(.comment) } \
> .symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) } \
> .strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) } \
> @@ -1044,7 +1045,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
> *(.discard.*) \
> *(.export_symbol) \
> *(.no_trim_symbol) \
> - *(.modinfo) \
> /* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */ \
> *(.gnu.version*) \
Thanks!
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM Alexander Gordeev
<agordeev@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 03:49:40PM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
>
> Hi Alexey, Masahiro,
>
> > From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> >
> > Keep the .modinfo section during linking, but strip it from the final
> > vmlinux.
> >
> > Adjust scripts/mksysmap to exclude modinfo symbols from kallsyms.
> >
> > This change will allow the next commit to extract the .modinfo section
> > from the vmlinux.unstripped intermediate.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
> > scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 2 +-
> > scripts/mksysmap | 3 +++
> > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > index fa5f19b8d53a..1791665006f9 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > @@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
> >
> > /* Required sections not related to debugging. */
> > #define ELF_DETAILS \
> > + .modinfo : { *(.modinfo) } \
>
> FWIW, to me .modinfo logically does not quite belong to ELF_DETAILS,
> since it is not about ELF.
>
> I would guess, that you want to make a minimal code impact to the
> linker scripts, but with that you turn .modinfo the only section
> among ones that do not make it to the final image:
>
> STABS_DEBUG
> DWARF_DEBUG
> ELF_DETAILS
>
> That immediately breaks s390, but also is a call for trouble in
> the future, as far as I am concerned.
>
> Would it makes sense to introduce e.g MODINFO instead?
I am open to MODINFO addition, if Alexey is happy about
modifying linker scripts for all arches.
Yeah, it is tedious, though...
>
> > .comment 0 : { *(.comment) } \
> > .symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) } \
> > .strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) } \
> > @@ -1044,7 +1045,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
> > *(.discard.*) \
> > *(.export_symbol) \
> > *(.no_trim_symbol) \
> > - *(.modinfo) \
> > /* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */ \
> > *(.gnu.version*) \
>
> Thanks!
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 03:57:53PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 03:49:40PM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
>
> Hi Alexey, Masahiro,
>
> > From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> >
> > Keep the .modinfo section during linking, but strip it from the final
> > vmlinux.
> >
> > Adjust scripts/mksysmap to exclude modinfo symbols from kallsyms.
> >
> > This change will allow the next commit to extract the .modinfo section
> > from the vmlinux.unstripped intermediate.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
> > scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 2 +-
> > scripts/mksysmap | 3 +++
> > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > index fa5f19b8d53a..1791665006f9 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > @@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
> >
> > /* Required sections not related to debugging. */
> > #define ELF_DETAILS \
> > + .modinfo : { *(.modinfo) } \
>
> FWIW, to me .modinfo logically does not quite belong to ELF_DETAILS,
> since it is not about ELF.
The macro name ELF_DETAILS is rather unfortunate. The description says
that these sections are not related to debugging.
> I would guess, that you want to make a minimal code impact to the
> linker scripts, but with that you turn .modinfo the only section
> among ones that do not make it to the final image:
>
> STABS_DEBUG
> DWARF_DEBUG
> ELF_DETAILS
>
> That immediately breaks s390, but also is a call for trouble in
> the future, as far as I am concerned.
>
> Would it makes sense to introduce e.g MODINFO instead?
This will require patching all architectures to add MODINFO. This will
have a significant code impact. To avoid this, .modinfo was added to
ELF_DETAILS.
> > .comment 0 : { *(.comment) } \
> > .symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) } \
> > .strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) } \
> > @@ -1044,7 +1045,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
> > *(.discard.*) \
> > *(.export_symbol) \
> > *(.no_trim_symbol) \
> > - *(.modinfo) \
> > /* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */ \
> > *(.gnu.version*) \
>
> Thanks!
>
--
Rgrds, legion
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