2009-07-03 14:45:55

by Michal Marek

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 05:25:40PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> Known issues (found when comparing results with allyesconfig and
> allmodconfig):
> * ALSA makefiles do some substitutions on the CONFIG_*
> variables sometimes, which breaks the logic if the alsa modules are
> built-in. Patch sent to alsa-devel.
> * samples/kobject/*.o could be compiled built-in, but doesn't show up
> in modules.builtin (and not even in vmlinux.o). Patch sent to Greg to
> make it module-only.

These two are merged already.


> * net/{8021q/vlan_core,ethernet/pe2,ipv6/inet6_hashtables}.o are always
> built-in, even though the corresponding config option is tristate:
> obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_IPX)) += pe2.o
> The result is that modules.builtin can contain three built-in
> "modules" that can't possibly exist as modules. No fix for this so far,
> as it is not a big issue IMO.

I hope this one is not a problem.

I rebased the patch on top of current kbuild-next.git. What do you think
about it? Do you agree on the modules.builtin file name and format? I'd
like to add support for this to module-init-tools.


Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

To make it easier for tools like mkinitrd to detect whether a needed
module is missing or whether it is compiled into the kernel, install a
modules.builtin file listing all modules built into the kernel. This is
done by generating an alternate config file with all tristate =y options
set to =Y and reading the makefiles with this config included. The built
in modules then appear in obj-Y.

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
---
.gitignore | 1 +
Makefile | 14 +++++++++---
scripts/Kbuild.include | 6 +++++
scripts/Makefile.lib | 5 +++-
scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
6 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cecb3b0..d8c1e79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
*.lst
*.symtypes
*.order
+modules.builtin
*.elf
*.bin
*.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46e1c9d..c59e167 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main)) $(vmlinux-lds): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs)
$(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@
+ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
+endif

# Build the kernel release string
#
@@ -1126,6 +1129,7 @@ all: modules
PHONY += modules
modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
+ $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.builtin) > $(objtree)/modules.builtin
@$(kecho) ' Building modules, stage 2.';
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.fwinst obj=firmware __fw_modbuild
@@ -1154,7 +1158,7 @@ _modinst_:
rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
fi
- @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
+ @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.{order,builtin} $(MODLIB)/
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst

# This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
@@ -1217,8 +1221,9 @@ clean: archclean $(clean-dirs)
\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
-o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
- -o -name 'Module.markers' -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
- -o -name '*.gcno' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
+ -o -name 'modules.builtin' -o -name 'Module.markers' \
+ -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' -o -name '*.gcno' \) \
+ -type f -print | xargs rm -f

# mrproper - Delete all generated files, including .config
#
@@ -1416,7 +1421,8 @@ $(clean-dirs):
clean: rm-dirs := $(MODVERDIR)
clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers \
$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.markers \
- $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order
+ $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order \
+ $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.builtin
clean: $(clean-dirs)
$(call cmd,rmdirs)
$(call cmd,rmfiles)
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index c29be8f..1cded3b 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ ld-option = $(call try-run,\
# $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj

+###
+# Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
+# Usage:
+# $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
+modbuiltin := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
+
# Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
# skip if -I has no parameter
addtree = $(if $(patsubst -I%,%,$(1)), \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 7a77787..3525b29 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ modorder := $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko

__subdir-y := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
subdir-y += $(__subdir-y)
+__subdir-Y := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-Y)))
+subdir-Y += $(__subdir-Y)
__subdir-m := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
subdir-m += $(__subdir-m)
obj-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ obj-m := $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))

# Subdirectories we need to descend into

-subdir-ym := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
+subdir-ym := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-Y) $(subdir-m))

# if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ always := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
targets := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
modorder := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
+obj-Y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-Y))
obj-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
lib-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))
subdir-obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-obj-y))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e1885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# ==========================================================================
+# Generating modules.builtin
+# ==========================================================================
+
+src := $(obj)
+
+PHONY := __modbuiltin
+__modbuiltin:
+
+# Read auto2.conf which sets tristate variables to 'Y' instead of 'y'
+# That way, we get the list of built-in modules in obj-Y
+-include include/config/auto2.conf
+
+include scripts/Kbuild.include
+
+# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
+kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
+kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
+include $(kbuild-file)
+
+include scripts/Makefile.lib
+
+modbuiltin-subdirs := $(patsubst %,%/modules.builtin, $(subdir-ym))
+modbuiltin-mods := $(filter %.ko, $(obj-Y:.o=.ko))
+modbuiltin-target := $(obj)/modules.builtin
+
+__modbuiltin: $(modbuiltin-target) $(subdir-ym)
+ @:
+
+modbuiltin-cmds = \
+ for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo kernel/$$m; done; \
+ cat /dev/null $(modbuiltin-subdirs);
+
+$(modbuiltin-target): $(subdir-ym)
+ $(Q)($(modbuiltin-cmds)) > $@
+
+# Descending
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
+$(subdir-ym):
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
+
+
+# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony. We keep that
+# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
+
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index a04da34..8e2c166 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -672,12 +672,27 @@ out:
return res;
}

+int fprintf2(FILE *f1, FILE *f2, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ int res;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ vfprintf(f1, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ res = vfprintf(f2, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ return res;
+}
+
int conf_write_autoconf(void)
{
struct symbol *sym;
const char *str;
const char *name;
- FILE *out, *out_h;
+ FILE *out, *out2, *out_h;
time_t now;
int i, l;

@@ -692,16 +707,23 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
if (!out)
return 1;

+ out2 = fopen(".tmpconfig2", "w");
+ if (!out2) {
+ fclose(out);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
out_h = fopen(".tmpconfig.h", "w");
if (!out_h) {
fclose(out);
+ fclose(out2);
return 1;
}

sym = sym_lookup("KERNELVERSION", 0);
sym_calc_value(sym);
time(&now);
- fprintf(out, "#\n"
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "#\n"
"# Automatically generated make config: don't edit\n"
"# Linux kernel version: %s\n"
"# %s"
@@ -726,45 +748,51 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
case no:
break;
case mod:
- fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=m\n", sym->name);
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=m\n",
+ sym->name);
fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s_MODULE 1\n", sym->name);
break;
case yes:
fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=y\n", sym->name);
+ fprintf(out2, "CONFIG_%s=%c\n", sym->name,
+ sym->type == S_BOOLEAN ? 'y' : 'Y');
fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 1\n", sym->name);
break;
}
break;
case S_STRING:
str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
- fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s \"", sym->name);
while (1) {
l = strcspn(str, "\"\\");
if (l) {
fwrite(str, l, 1, out);
+ fwrite(str, l, 1, out2);
fwrite(str, l, 1, out_h);
str += l;
}
if (!*str)
break;
- fprintf(out, "\\%c", *str);
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "\\%c", *str);
fprintf(out_h, "\\%c", *str);
str++;
}
fputs("\"\n", out);
+ fputs("\"\n", out2);
fputs("\"\n", out_h);
break;
case S_HEX:
str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
if (str[0] != '0' || (str[1] != 'x' && str[1] != 'X')) {
- fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n",
+ sym->name, str);
fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 0x%s\n", sym->name, str);
break;
}
case S_INT:
str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
- fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
+ fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s %s\n", sym->name, str);
break;
default:
@@ -772,6 +800,7 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
}
}
fclose(out);
+ fclose(out2);
fclose(out_h);

name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER");
@@ -779,6 +808,11 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
name = "include/linux/autoconf.h";
if (rename(".tmpconfig.h", name))
return 1;
+ name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG2");
+ if (!name)
+ name = "include/config/auto2.conf";
+ if (rename(".tmpconfig2", name))
+ return 1;
name = conf_get_autoconfig_name();
/*
* This must be the last step, kbuild has a dependency on auto.conf
--
1.6.3.2


2009-07-15 16:39:10

by Scott James Remnant

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

Still would definitely like - adding linux-modules to the Cc

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 16:45 +0200, Michal Marek wrote:

> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 05:25:40PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> > Known issues (found when comparing results with allyesconfig and
> > allmodconfig):
> > * ALSA makefiles do some substitutions on the CONFIG_*
> > variables sometimes, which breaks the logic if the alsa modules are
> > built-in. Patch sent to alsa-devel.
> > * samples/kobject/*.o could be compiled built-in, but doesn't show up
> > in modules.builtin (and not even in vmlinux.o). Patch sent to Greg to
> > make it module-only.
>
> These two are merged already.
>
>
> > * net/{8021q/vlan_core,ethernet/pe2,ipv6/inet6_hashtables}.o are always
> > built-in, even though the corresponding config option is tristate:
> > obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_IPX)) += pe2.o
> > The result is that modules.builtin can contain three built-in
> > "modules" that can't possibly exist as modules. No fix for this so far,
> > as it is not a big issue IMO.
>
> I hope this one is not a problem.
>
> I rebased the patch on top of current kbuild-next.git. What do you think
> about it? Do you agree on the modules.builtin file name and format? I'd
> like to add support for this to module-init-tools.
>
>
> Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin
>
> To make it easier for tools like mkinitrd to detect whether a needed
> module is missing or whether it is compiled into the kernel, install a
> modules.builtin file listing all modules built into the kernel. This is
> done by generating an alternate config file with all tristate =y options
> set to =Y and reading the makefiles with this config included. The built
> in modules then appear in obj-Y.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
> ---
> .gitignore | 1 +
> Makefile | 14 +++++++++---
> scripts/Kbuild.include | 6 +++++
> scripts/Makefile.lib | 5 +++-
> scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> 6 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
>
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index cecb3b0..d8c1e79 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> *.lst
> *.symtypes
> *.order
> +modules.builtin
> *.elf
> *.bin
> *.gz
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 46e1c9d..c59e167 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main)) $(vmlinux-lds): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
> PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs)
> $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@
> +ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
> +endif
>
> # Build the kernel release string
> #
> @@ -1126,6 +1129,7 @@ all: modules
> PHONY += modules
> modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
> $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
> + $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.builtin) > $(objtree)/modules.builtin
> @$(kecho) ' Building modules, stage 2.';
> $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
> $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.fwinst obj=firmware __fw_modbuild
> @@ -1154,7 +1158,7 @@ _modinst_:
> rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
> ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
> fi
> - @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
> + @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.{order,builtin} $(MODLIB)/
> $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
>
> # This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
> @@ -1217,8 +1221,9 @@ clean: archclean $(clean-dirs)
> \( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
> -o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
> -o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
> - -o -name 'Module.markers' -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
> - -o -name '*.gcno' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
> + -o -name 'modules.builtin' -o -name 'Module.markers' \
> + -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' -o -name '*.gcno' \) \
> + -type f -print | xargs rm -f
>
> # mrproper - Delete all generated files, including .config
> #
> @@ -1416,7 +1421,8 @@ $(clean-dirs):
> clean: rm-dirs := $(MODVERDIR)
> clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers \
> $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.markers \
> - $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order
> + $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order \
> + $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.builtin
> clean: $(clean-dirs)
> $(call cmd,rmdirs)
> $(call cmd,rmfiles)
> diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> index c29be8f..1cded3b 100644
> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ ld-option = $(call try-run,\
> # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
> build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
>
> +###
> +# Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
> +# Usage:
> +# $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
> +modbuiltin := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
> +
> # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
> # skip if -I has no parameter
> addtree = $(if $(patsubst -I%,%,$(1)), \
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> index 7a77787..3525b29 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ modorder := $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko
>
> __subdir-y := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
> subdir-y += $(__subdir-y)
> +__subdir-Y := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-Y)))
> +subdir-Y += $(__subdir-Y)
> __subdir-m := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
> subdir-m += $(__subdir-m)
> obj-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
> @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ obj-m := $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))
>
> # Subdirectories we need to descend into
>
> -subdir-ym := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
> +subdir-ym := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-Y) $(subdir-m))
>
> # if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
> multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
> @@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ always := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
> targets := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
> modorder := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
> obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
> +obj-Y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-Y))
> obj-m := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
> lib-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))
> subdir-obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-obj-y))
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..55e1885
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
> +# ==========================================================================
> +# Generating modules.builtin
> +# ==========================================================================
> +
> +src := $(obj)
> +
> +PHONY := __modbuiltin
> +__modbuiltin:
> +
> +# Read auto2.conf which sets tristate variables to 'Y' instead of 'y'
> +# That way, we get the list of built-in modules in obj-Y
> +-include include/config/auto2.conf
> +
> +include scripts/Kbuild.include
> +
> +# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
> +kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
> +kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
> +include $(kbuild-file)
> +
> +include scripts/Makefile.lib
> +
> +modbuiltin-subdirs := $(patsubst %,%/modules.builtin, $(subdir-ym))
> +modbuiltin-mods := $(filter %.ko, $(obj-Y:.o=.ko))
> +modbuiltin-target := $(obj)/modules.builtin
> +
> +__modbuiltin: $(modbuiltin-target) $(subdir-ym)
> + @:
> +
> +modbuiltin-cmds = \
> + for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo kernel/$$m; done; \
> + cat /dev/null $(modbuiltin-subdirs);
> +
> +$(modbuiltin-target): $(subdir-ym)
> + $(Q)($(modbuiltin-cmds)) > $@
> +
> +# Descending
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
> +$(subdir-ym):
> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
> +
> +
> +# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony. We keep that
> +# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
> +
> +.PHONY: $(PHONY)
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> index a04da34..8e2c166 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> @@ -672,12 +672,27 @@ out:
> return res;
> }
>
> +int fprintf2(FILE *f1, FILE *f2, const char *fmt, ...)
> +{
> + va_list ap;
> + int res;
> +
> + va_start(ap, fmt);
> + vfprintf(f1, fmt, ap);
> + va_end(ap);
> + va_start(ap, fmt);
> + res = vfprintf(f2, fmt, ap);
> + va_end(ap);
> +
> + return res;
> +}
> +
> int conf_write_autoconf(void)
> {
> struct symbol *sym;
> const char *str;
> const char *name;
> - FILE *out, *out_h;
> + FILE *out, *out2, *out_h;
> time_t now;
> int i, l;
>
> @@ -692,16 +707,23 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
> if (!out)
> return 1;
>
> + out2 = fopen(".tmpconfig2", "w");
> + if (!out2) {
> + fclose(out);
> + return 1;
> + }
> +
> out_h = fopen(".tmpconfig.h", "w");
> if (!out_h) {
> fclose(out);
> + fclose(out2);
> return 1;
> }
>
> sym = sym_lookup("KERNELVERSION", 0);
> sym_calc_value(sym);
> time(&now);
> - fprintf(out, "#\n"
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "#\n"
> "# Automatically generated make config: don't edit\n"
> "# Linux kernel version: %s\n"
> "# %s"
> @@ -726,45 +748,51 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
> case no:
> break;
> case mod:
> - fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=m\n", sym->name);
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=m\n",
> + sym->name);
> fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s_MODULE 1\n", sym->name);
> break;
> case yes:
> fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=y\n", sym->name);
> + fprintf(out2, "CONFIG_%s=%c\n", sym->name,
> + sym->type == S_BOOLEAN ? 'y' : 'Y');
> fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 1\n", sym->name);
> break;
> }
> break;
> case S_STRING:
> str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
> - fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
> fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s \"", sym->name);
> while (1) {
> l = strcspn(str, "\"\\");
> if (l) {
> fwrite(str, l, 1, out);
> + fwrite(str, l, 1, out2);
> fwrite(str, l, 1, out_h);
> str += l;
> }
> if (!*str)
> break;
> - fprintf(out, "\\%c", *str);
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "\\%c", *str);
> fprintf(out_h, "\\%c", *str);
> str++;
> }
> fputs("\"\n", out);
> + fputs("\"\n", out2);
> fputs("\"\n", out_h);
> break;
> case S_HEX:
> str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
> if (str[0] != '0' || (str[1] != 'x' && str[1] != 'X')) {
> - fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n",
> + sym->name, str);
> fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 0x%s\n", sym->name, str);
> break;
> }
> case S_INT:
> str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
> - fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
> + fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
> fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s %s\n", sym->name, str);
> break;
> default:
> @@ -772,6 +800,7 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
> }
> }
> fclose(out);
> + fclose(out2);
> fclose(out_h);
>
> name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER");
> @@ -779,6 +808,11 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
> name = "include/linux/autoconf.h";
> if (rename(".tmpconfig.h", name))
> return 1;
> + name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG2");
> + if (!name)
> + name = "include/config/auto2.conf";
> + if (rename(".tmpconfig2", name))
> + return 1;
> name = conf_get_autoconfig_name();
> /*
> * This must be the last step, kbuild has a dependency on auto.conf
--
Scott James Remnant
[email protected]


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2009-07-15 16:46:32

by Kay Sievers

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

Sam, any objections, or a chance to take this through your tree? It
solves an old problem with module-init-tools and we would like to
teach m-i-t about it, which means it should be in -next at least.

Thanks,
Kay

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 18:39, Scott James Remnant<[email protected]> wrote:
> Still would definitely like - adding linux-modules to the Cc
>
> On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 16:45 +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 05:25:40PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
>> > Known issues (found when comparing results with allyesconfig and
>> > allmodconfig):
>> >  * ALSA makefiles do some substitutions on the CONFIG_*
>> >    variables sometimes, which breaks the logic if the alsa modules are
>> >    built-in. Patch sent to alsa-devel.
>> >  * samples/kobject/*.o could be compiled built-in, but doesn't show up
>> >    in modules.builtin (and not even in vmlinux.o). Patch sent to Greg to
>> >    make it module-only.
>>
>> These two are merged already.
>>
>>
>> >  * net/{8021q/vlan_core,ethernet/pe2,ipv6/inet6_hashtables}.o are always
>> >    built-in, even though the corresponding config option is tristate:
>> >    obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_IPX)) += pe2.o
>> >    The result is that modules.builtin can contain three built-in
>> >    "modules" that can't possibly exist as modules. No fix for this so far,
>> >    as it is not a big issue IMO.
>>
>> I hope this one is not a problem.
>>
>> I rebased the patch on top of current kbuild-next.git. What do you think
>> about it? Do you agree on the modules.builtin file name and format? I'd
>> like to add support for this to module-init-tools.
>>
>>
>> Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin
>>
>> To make it easier for tools like mkinitrd to detect whether a needed
>> module is missing or whether it is compiled into the kernel, install a
>> modules.builtin file listing all modules built into the kernel. This is
>> done by generating an alternate config file with all tristate =y options
>> set to =Y and reading the makefiles with this config included. The built
>> in modules then appear in obj-Y.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  .gitignore                  |    1 +
>>  Makefile                    |   14 +++++++++---
>>  scripts/Kbuild.include      |    6 +++++
>>  scripts/Makefile.lib        |    5 +++-
>>  scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c  |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>  6 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
>>
>> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> index cecb3b0..d8c1e79 100644
>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>>  *.lst
>>  *.symtypes
>>  *.order
>> +modules.builtin
>>  *.elf
>>  *.bin
>>  *.gz
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 46e1c9d..c59e167 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main)) $(vmlinux-lds): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
>>  PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs)
>>  $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
>>       $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@
>> +ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>> +     $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
>> +endif
>>
>>  # Build the kernel release string
>>  #
>> @@ -1126,6 +1129,7 @@ all: modules
>>  PHONY += modules
>>  modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
>>       $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
>> +     $(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.builtin) > $(objtree)/modules.builtin
>>       @$(kecho) '  Building modules, stage 2.';
>>       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
>>       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.fwinst obj=firmware __fw_modbuild
>> @@ -1154,7 +1158,7 @@ _modinst_:
>>               rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
>>               ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
>>       fi
>> -     @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
>> +     @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.{order,builtin} $(MODLIB)/
>>       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
>>
>>  # This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
>> @@ -1217,8 +1221,9 @@ clean: archclean $(clean-dirs)
>>               \( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '*.ko' -o -name '.*.cmd' \
>>               -o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
>>               -o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
>> -             -o -name 'Module.markers' -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
>> -             -o -name '*.gcno' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
>> +             -o -name 'modules.builtin' -o -name 'Module.markers' \
>> +             -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' -o -name '*.gcno' \) \
>> +             -type f -print | xargs rm -f
>>
>>  # mrproper - Delete all generated files, including .config
>>  #
>> @@ -1416,7 +1421,8 @@ $(clean-dirs):
>>  clean:       rm-dirs := $(MODVERDIR)
>>  clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers \
>>                     $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.markers \
>> -                   $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order
>> +                   $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.order \
>> +                   $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.builtin
>>  clean: $(clean-dirs)
>>       $(call cmd,rmdirs)
>>       $(call cmd,rmfiles)
>> diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
>> index c29be8f..1cded3b 100644
>> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
>> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
>> @@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ ld-option = $(call try-run,\
>>  # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
>>  build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
>>
>> +###
>> +# Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
>> +# Usage:
>> +# $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
>> +modbuiltin := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
>> +
>>  # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
>>  # skip if -I has no parameter
>>  addtree = $(if $(patsubst -I%,%,$(1)), \
>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> index 7a77787..3525b29 100644
>> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ modorder    := $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko
>>
>>  __subdir-y   := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
>>  subdir-y     += $(__subdir-y)
>> +__subdir-Y   := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-Y)))
>> +subdir-Y     += $(__subdir-Y)
>>  __subdir-m   := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
>>  subdir-m     += $(__subdir-m)
>>  obj-y                := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
>> @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ obj-m               := $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))
>>
>>  # Subdirectories we need to descend into
>>
>> -subdir-ym    := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
>> +subdir-ym    := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-Y) $(subdir-m))
>>
>>  # if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
>>  multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
>> @@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ always              := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
>>  targets              := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
>>  modorder     := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
>>  obj-y                := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
>> +obj-Y                := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-Y))
>>  obj-m                := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
>>  lib-y                := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))
>>  subdir-obj-y := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-obj-y))
>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..55e1885
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
>> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
>> +# ==========================================================================
>> +# Generating modules.builtin
>> +# ==========================================================================
>> +
>> +src := $(obj)
>> +
>> +PHONY := __modbuiltin
>> +__modbuiltin:
>> +
>> +# Read auto2.conf which sets tristate variables to 'Y' instead of 'y'
>> +# That way, we get the list of built-in modules in obj-Y
>> +-include include/config/auto2.conf
>> +
>> +include scripts/Kbuild.include
>> +
>> +# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
>> +kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
>> +kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
>> +include $(kbuild-file)
>> +
>> +include scripts/Makefile.lib
>> +
>> +modbuiltin-subdirs := $(patsubst %,%/modules.builtin, $(subdir-ym))
>> +modbuiltin-mods    := $(filter %.ko, $(obj-Y:.o=.ko))
>> +modbuiltin-target  := $(obj)/modules.builtin
>> +
>> +__modbuiltin: $(modbuiltin-target) $(subdir-ym)
>> +     @:
>> +
>> +modbuiltin-cmds =                                            \
>> +     for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo kernel/$$m; done;  \
>> +     cat /dev/null $(modbuiltin-subdirs);
>> +
>> +$(modbuiltin-target): $(subdir-ym)
>> +     $(Q)($(modbuiltin-cmds)) > $@
>> +
>> +# Descending
>> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> +
>> +PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
>> +$(subdir-ym):
>> +     $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
>> +
>> +
>> +# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
>> +# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
>> +
>> +.PHONY: $(PHONY)
>> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
>> index a04da34..8e2c166 100644
>> --- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
>> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
>> @@ -672,12 +672,27 @@ out:
>>       return res;
>>  }
>>
>> +int fprintf2(FILE *f1, FILE *f2, const char *fmt, ...)
>> +{
>> +     va_list ap;
>> +     int res;
>> +
>> +     va_start(ap, fmt);
>> +     vfprintf(f1, fmt, ap);
>> +     va_end(ap);
>> +     va_start(ap, fmt);
>> +     res = vfprintf(f2, fmt, ap);
>> +     va_end(ap);
>> +
>> +     return res;
>> +}
>> +
>>  int conf_write_autoconf(void)
>>  {
>>       struct symbol *sym;
>>       const char *str;
>>       const char *name;
>> -     FILE *out, *out_h;
>> +     FILE *out, *out2, *out_h;
>>       time_t now;
>>       int i, l;
>>
>> @@ -692,16 +707,23 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
>>       if (!out)
>>               return 1;
>>
>> +     out2 = fopen(".tmpconfig2", "w");
>> +     if (!out2) {
>> +             fclose(out);
>> +             return 1;
>> +     }
>> +
>>       out_h = fopen(".tmpconfig.h", "w");
>>       if (!out_h) {
>>               fclose(out);
>> +             fclose(out2);
>>               return 1;
>>       }
>>
>>       sym = sym_lookup("KERNELVERSION", 0);
>>       sym_calc_value(sym);
>>       time(&now);
>> -     fprintf(out, "#\n"
>> +     fprintf2(out, out2, "#\n"
>>                    "# Automatically generated make config: don't edit\n"
>>                    "# Linux kernel version: %s\n"
>>                    "# %s"
>> @@ -726,45 +748,51 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
>>                       case no:
>>                               break;
>>                       case mod:
>> -                             fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=m\n", sym->name);
>> +                             fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=m\n",
>> +                                             sym->name);
>>                               fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s_MODULE 1\n", sym->name);
>>                               break;
>>                       case yes:
>>                               fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=y\n", sym->name);
>> +                             fprintf(out2, "CONFIG_%s=%c\n", sym->name,
>> +                                     sym->type == S_BOOLEAN ? 'y' : 'Y');
>>                               fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 1\n", sym->name);
>>                               break;
>>                       }
>>                       break;
>>               case S_STRING:
>>                       str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
>> -                     fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
>> +                     fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=\"", sym->name);
>>                       fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s \"", sym->name);
>>                       while (1) {
>>                               l = strcspn(str, "\"\\");
>>                               if (l) {
>>                                       fwrite(str, l, 1, out);
>> +                                     fwrite(str, l, 1, out2);
>>                                       fwrite(str, l, 1, out_h);
>>                                       str += l;
>>                               }
>>                               if (!*str)
>>                                       break;
>> -                             fprintf(out, "\\%c", *str);
>> +                             fprintf2(out, out2, "\\%c", *str);
>>                               fprintf(out_h, "\\%c", *str);
>>                               str++;
>>                       }
>>                       fputs("\"\n", out);
>> +                     fputs("\"\n", out2);
>>                       fputs("\"\n", out_h);
>>                       break;
>>               case S_HEX:
>>                       str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
>>                       if (str[0] != '0' || (str[1] != 'x' && str[1] != 'X')) {
>> -                             fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
>> +                             fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n",
>> +                                             sym->name, str);
>>                               fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s 0x%s\n", sym->name, str);
>>                               break;
>>                       }
>>               case S_INT:
>>                       str = sym_get_string_value(sym);
>> -                     fprintf(out, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
>> +                     fprintf2(out, out2, "CONFIG_%s=%s\n", sym->name, str);
>>                       fprintf(out_h, "#define CONFIG_%s %s\n", sym->name, str);
>>                       break;
>>               default:
>> @@ -772,6 +800,7 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
>>               }
>>       }
>>       fclose(out);
>> +     fclose(out2);
>>       fclose(out_h);
>>
>>       name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER");
>> @@ -779,6 +808,11 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
>>               name = "include/linux/autoconf.h";
>>       if (rename(".tmpconfig.h", name))
>>               return 1;
>> +     name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG2");
>> +     if (!name)
>> +             name = "include/config/auto2.conf";
>> +     if (rename(".tmpconfig2", name))
>> +             return 1;
>>       name = conf_get_autoconfig_name();
>>       /*
>>        * This must be the last step, kbuild has a dependency on auto.conf
> --
> Scott James Remnant
> [email protected]
>

2009-07-15 18:04:29

by Andreas Robinson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

Guys,

is this patch what you need on the m-i-t end?

(Sorry for sending it as an attachment. I'm restricted to webmail at
the moment and can't prevent gmail from adding line breaks.)

Cheers,
Andreas


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2009-07-15 19:08:59

by Michal Marek

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

Andreas Robinson napsal(a):
> Guys,
>
> is this patch what you need on the m-i-t end?

I already have patches here (it's not against Jon's master, but it
should apply):
http://repo.or.cz/w/mit.git?a=commit;h=45c29de1b54478a63352a3f13c570a964903f54f
http://repo.or.cz/w/mit.git?a=commit;h=0e72912a1e0b486225f7052c8d40e28b07ff4495

The idea is that modprobe should just do nothing and exit successfully,
so that scripts don't break nor start printing warnings if the kernel
config changes. I meant to send it to linux-modules once there is
agreement about the modules.builtin file format.

Michal

2009-07-15 20:12:59

by Andreas Robinson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Michal Marek<[email protected]> wrote:
> Andreas Robinson napsal(a):
>> Guys,
>>
>> is this patch what you need on the m-i-t end?
>
> I already have patches here (it's not against Jon's master, but it
> should apply):
> http://repo.or.cz/w/mit.git?a=commit;h=45c29de1b54478a63352a3f13c570a964903f54f
> http://repo.or.cz/w/mit.git?a=commit;h=0e72912a1e0b486225f7052c8d40e28b07ff4495

Ah, of course!

> The idea is that modprobe should just do nothing and exit successfully,
> so that scripts don't break nor start printing warnings if the kernel
> config changes. I meant to send it to linux-modules once there is
> agreement about the modules.builtin file format.

Ok, that makes sense.

I think there's a small chance of confusion though, when a user tries
to insert a module and it doesn't show up with lsmod. Perhaps you can
add an info() message? Then the user can figure out what is happening
with the --verbose option.

Andreas

2009-07-15 20:16:16

by Michal Marek

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: generate modules.builtin

Andreas Robinson napsal(a):
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Michal Marek<[email protected]> wrote:
>> The idea is that modprobe should just do nothing and exit successfully,
>> so that scripts don't break nor start printing warnings if the kernel
>> config changes. I meant to send it to linux-modules once there is
>> agreement about the modules.builtin file format.
>
> Ok, that makes sense.
>
> I think there's a small chance of confusion though, when a user tries
> to insert a module and it doesn't show up with lsmod. Perhaps you can
> add an info() message? Then the user can figure out what is happening
> with the --verbose option.

Good idea, will do that.

Michal