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[04/27] modpost: add a separate error for exported symbols without definition

Message ID 20220424190811.1678416-5-masahiroy@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series kbuild: yet another series of cleanups (modpost and LTO) | expand

Commit Message

Masahiro Yamada April 24, 2022, 7:07 p.m. UTC
It took me a while to understand the intent of "exp->module == mod".

This code goes back to 2003 (pre-git era).

The commit is not in this git repository, and might be worth a little
explanation.

You can add EXPORT_SYMBOL() with no definition in the same file (but you
need to put a declaration).

  int foo(void);
  EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo);

This is typical when EXPORT_SYMBOL() is defined in a C file, but the
actual implementation is in a separate assembly file. In old days,
EXPORT_SYMBOL() were only available in C files (but this limitation
does not exist any more).

Add a separate, clearer message if an exported symbol has no definition.
It should be an error even if KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN is given.

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=2763b6bcb96e6a38a2fe31108fe5759ec5bcc80a

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Nick Desaulniers April 25, 2022, 6:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 12:09 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> It took me a while to understand the intent of "exp->module == mod".
>
> This code goes back to 2003 (pre-git era).
>
> The commit is not in this git repository, and might be worth a little
> explanation.
>
> You can add EXPORT_SYMBOL() with no definition in the same file (but you
> need to put a declaration).
>
>   int foo(void);
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo);
>
> This is typical when EXPORT_SYMBOL() is defined in a C file, but the
> actual implementation is in a separate assembly file. In old days,
> EXPORT_SYMBOL() were only available in C files (but this limitation
> does not exist any more).
>
> Add a separate, clearer message if an exported symbol has no definition.
> It should be an error even if KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN is given.
>
> [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=2763b6bcb96e6a38a2fe31108fe5759ec5bcc80a

Differentiating between the two (and your explanation of how to reach
such a situation) is a nice touch.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---
>
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index c7cfeeb088f7..969a081dba62 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -2147,13 +2147,18 @@ static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
>         for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
>                 const char *basename;
>                 exp = find_symbol(s->name);
> -               if (!exp || exp->module == mod) {
> +               if (!exp) {
>                         if (!s->weak && nr_unresolved++ < MAX_UNRESOLVED_REPORTS)
>                                 modpost_log(warn_unresolved ? LOG_WARN : LOG_ERROR,
>                                             "\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
>                                             s->name, mod->name);
>                         continue;
>                 }
> +               if (exp->module == mod) {
> +                       error("\"%s\" [%s.ko] was exported without definition\n",
> +                             s->name, mod->name);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
>                 basename = strrchr(mod->name, '/');
>                 if (basename)
>                         basename++;
> --
> 2.32.0
>
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diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c7cfeeb088f7..969a081dba62 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2147,13 +2147,18 @@  static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		const char *basename;
 		exp = find_symbol(s->name);
-		if (!exp || exp->module == mod) {
+		if (!exp) {
 			if (!s->weak && nr_unresolved++ < MAX_UNRESOLVED_REPORTS)
 				modpost_log(warn_unresolved ? LOG_WARN : LOG_ERROR,
 					    "\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
 					    s->name, mod->name);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (exp->module == mod) {
+			error("\"%s\" [%s.ko] was exported without definition\n",
+			      s->name, mod->name);
+			continue;
+		}
 		basename = strrchr(mod->name, '/');
 		if (basename)
 			basename++;