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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dontdiff1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt5
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/module.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/moduleparam.h12
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/link-vmlinux.sh3
8 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e7bb6c6edbae..2fb1765c33b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ modules.builtin
/vmlinuz
/System.map
/Module.markers
+/modules.builtin.modinfo
#
# RPM spec file (make rpm-pkg)
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index ef25a066d952..512fa0239ebf 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ mktables
mktree
modpost
modules.builtin
+modules.builtin.modinfo
modules.order
modversions.h*
nconf
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 8a3830b39c7d..9c230ea71963 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ modules.builtin
This file lists all modules that are built into the kernel. This is used
by modprobe to not fail when trying to load something builtin.
+modules.builtin.modinfo
+--------------------------------------------------
+This file contains modinfo from all modules that are built into the kernel.
+Unlike modinfo of a separate module, all fields are prefixed with module name.
+
Environment variables
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85dd977f4232..9a8b3f94633d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ _modinst_:
fi
@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
+ @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin.modinfo $(MODLIB)/
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
# This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
@@ -1348,6 +1349,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
# Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
CLEAN_DIRS += $(MODVERDIR) include/ksym
+CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo
# Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
MRPROPER_DIRS += include/config usr/include include/generated \
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f8f6f04c4453..bbb9e332f2fe 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@
EXIT_CALL \
*(.discard) \
*(.discard.*) \
+ *(.modinfo) \
}
/**
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 5bf5dcd91009..5f7007430d35 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \
#define MODULE_VERSION(_version) MODULE_INFO(version, _version)
#else
#define MODULE_VERSION(_version) \
+ MODULE_INFO(version, _version); \
static struct module_version_attribute ___modver_attr = { \
.mattr = { \
.attr = { \
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index ba36506db4fb..5ba250d9172a 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -10,23 +10,21 @@
module name. */
#ifdef MODULE
#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX /* empty */
+#define __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX /* empty */
#else
#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
+/* We cannot use MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX because some modules override it. */
+#define __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
#endif
/* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
#define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
-#ifdef MODULE
#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info) \
static const char __UNIQUE_ID(name)[] \
__used __attribute__((section(".modinfo"), unused, aligned(1))) \
- = __stringify(tag) "=" info
-#else /* !MODULE */
-/* This struct is here for syntactic coherency, it is not used */
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info) \
- struct __UNIQUE_ID(name) {}
-#endif
+ = __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
+
#define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type) \
__MODULE_INFO(parmtype, name##type, #name ":" _type)
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index dc0e8c5a1402..e4383e0f476e 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ modpost_link vmlinux.o
# modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o
+info MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
+${OBJCOPY} -j .modinfo -O binary vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo
+
kallsymso=""
kallsyms_vmlinux=""
if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS}" ]; then