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authorRichard Hacker <lerichi@gmx.net>2008-02-28 09:40:52 +0100
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@uranus.ravnborg.org>2008-04-25 20:35:47 +0200
commit2d04b5ae1bf527201a7505c9be7526c43ebd2930 (patch)
tree10d94ee815e7c98f40bb8a1c24813c7fb6c3ae64
parent35bb5b1e0e84cfa1a8906f7e6a77f391ff315791 (diff)
kbuild: support loading extra symbols in modpost
This patch adds a new command line option -E to modpost, expecting a symbol file as an argument which is read prior to symbol processing. -E can be supplied multiple times for as many files as is needed. When building kernel modules that depend on other modules not in the main kernel tree, modpost complains about undefined symbols: # make -C /path/to/linux/kernel M=/path/to/my/module ... Building modules, stage 2. .... WARNING: "rt_copy_buf" [/home/rich/osc_etl_rtw/osc_kmod.ko] undefined! ...etc This situation occurs when modpost processes the new module's symbols. When it finds symbols not exported by the mainline kernel, it issues this warning. The patch adds a new command line option -e to modpost which expects a symbol file as an argument. The symbols listed in this file are added to modpost's symbol tables during startup. -e can be supplied as often as required. This patch works together with the second patch. It introduces a new make variable, KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS, which is used when calling modpost. Signed-off-by: Richard Hacker <lerichi@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 843f6fa517c..f8b42ab0724 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,11 @@ static void write_markers(const char *fname)
write_if_changed(&buf, fname);
}
+struct ext_sym_list {
+ struct ext_sym_list *next;
+ const char *file;
+};
+
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct module *mod;
@@ -2029,8 +2034,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
char *markers_write = NULL;
int opt;
int err;
+ struct ext_sym_list *extsym_iter;
+ struct ext_sym_list *extsym_start = NULL;
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:cmsSo:awM:K:")) != -1) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:e:cmsSo:awM:K:")) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'i':
kernel_read = optarg;
@@ -2042,6 +2049,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
case 'c':
cross_build = 1;
break;
+ case 'e':
+ external_module = 1;
+ extsym_iter =
+ NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*extsym_iter)));
+ extsym_iter->next = extsym_start;
+ extsym_iter->file = optarg;
+ extsym_start = extsym_iter;
+ break;
case 'm':
modversions = 1;
break;
@@ -2075,6 +2090,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
read_dump(kernel_read, 1);
if (module_read)
read_dump(module_read, 0);
+ while (extsym_start) {
+ read_dump(extsym_start->file, 0);
+ extsym_iter = extsym_start->next;
+ free(extsym_start);
+ extsym_start = extsym_iter;
+ }
while (optind < argc)
read_symbols(argv[optind++]);