2023-10-22 17:06:40

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 01/10] modpost: remove ALL_EXIT_DATA_SECTIONS macro

This is unused.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f1f658122ad8..d936fa5fbbb1 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -794,8 +794,6 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
#define ALL_INIT_DATA_SECTIONS \
".init.setup", ".init.rodata", ".meminit.rodata", \
".init.data", ".meminit.data"
-#define ALL_EXIT_DATA_SECTIONS \
- ".exit.data", ".memexit.data"

#define ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS \
".init.text", ".meminit.text"
--
2.40.1


2023-10-22 17:06:45

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 03/10] modpost: disallow *driver to reference .meminit* sections

Drivers must not reference .meminit* sections, which are discarded
when CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=n.

The reason for whitelisting "*driver" in the section mismatch check
was to allow drivers to reference symbols annotated as __devinit or
__devexit that existed in the past.

Those annotations were removed by the following commits:

- 54b956b90360 ("Remove __dev* markings from init.h")
- 92e9e6d1f984 ("modpost.c: Stop checking __dev* section mismatches")

Remove the wrong whitelist.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index bcc334b28a2c..792ba9da0f27 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1006,12 +1006,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
"*_console")))
return 0;

- /* symbols in data sections that may refer to meminit sections */
- if (match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
- match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS)) &&
- match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*driver")))
- return 0;
-
/*
* symbols in data sections must not refer to .exit.*, but there are
* quite a few offenders, so hide these unless for W=1 builds until
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:06:45

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 05/10] modpost: remove MEM_INIT_SECTIONS macro

ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS and MEM_INIT_SECTIONS are the same.
Remove the latter.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 19b138664f75..626ab599eea2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
".pci_fixup_enable", ".pci_fixup_resume", \
".pci_fixup_resume_early", ".pci_fixup_suspend"

-#define ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS MEM_INIT_SECTIONS
+#define ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS ".meminit.*"

#define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS
#define ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS EXIT_SECTIONS
@@ -818,7 +818,6 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
".coldtext", ".softirqentry.text"

#define INIT_SECTIONS ".init.*"
-#define MEM_INIT_SECTIONS ".meminit.*"

#define EXIT_SECTIONS ".exit.*"

--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:06:50

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 06/10] modpost: remove EXIT_SECTIONS macro

ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS and EXIT_SECTIONS are the same. Remove the latter.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 626ab599eea2..f73835b8f1f9 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
#define ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS ".meminit.*"

#define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS
-#define ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS EXIT_SECTIONS
+#define ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS ".exit.*"

#define DATA_SECTIONS ".data", ".data.rel"
#define TEXT_SECTIONS ".text", ".text.*", ".sched.text", \
@@ -819,8 +819,6 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,

#define INIT_SECTIONS ".init.*"

-#define EXIT_SECTIONS ".exit.*"
-
#define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, \
TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS

@@ -1006,7 +1004,7 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
*/
if (!extra_warn &&
match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
- match(tosec, PATTERNS(EXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
+ match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*driver")))
return 0;

@@ -1169,7 +1167,7 @@ static void check_export_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *elf,
if (match(secname, PATTERNS(INIT_SECTIONS)))
warn("%s: %s: EXPORT_SYMBOL used for init symbol. Remove __init or EXPORT_SYMBOL.\n",
mod->name, name);
- else if (match(secname, PATTERNS(EXIT_SECTIONS)))
+ else if (match(secname, PATTERNS(ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)))
warn("%s: %s: EXPORT_SYMBOL used for exit symbol. Remove __exit or EXPORT_SYMBOL.\n",
mod->name, name);
}
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:06:52

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 02/10] linux/init: remove __memexit* annotations

We have never used __memexit, __memexitdata, or __memexitconst.

These were unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 6 ------
include/linux/init.h | 3 ---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 15 +++------------
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 67d8dd2f1bde..bae0fe4d499b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@
*(.ref.data) \
*(.data..shared_aligned) /* percpu related */ \
MEM_KEEP(init.data*) \
- MEM_KEEP(exit.data*) \
*(.data.unlikely) \
__start_once = .; \
*(.data.once) \
@@ -521,7 +520,6 @@
__init_rodata : AT(ADDR(__init_rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
*(.ref.rodata) \
MEM_KEEP(init.rodata) \
- MEM_KEEP(exit.rodata) \
} \
\
/* Built-in module parameters. */ \
@@ -574,7 +572,6 @@
*(.ref.text) \
*(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*) \
MEM_KEEP(init.text*) \
- MEM_KEEP(exit.text*) \


/* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same
@@ -714,13 +711,10 @@
*(.exit.data .exit.data.*) \
*(.fini_array .fini_array.*) \
*(.dtors .dtors.*) \
- MEM_DISCARD(exit.data*) \
- MEM_DISCARD(exit.rodata*)

#define EXIT_TEXT \
*(.exit.text) \
*(.text.exit) \
- MEM_DISCARD(exit.text)

#define EXIT_CALL \
*(.exitcall.exit)
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 266c3e1640d4..01b52c9c7526 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@
__latent_entropy
#define __meminitdata __section(".meminit.data")
#define __meminitconst __section(".meminit.rodata")
-#define __memexit __section(".memexit.text") __exitused __cold notrace
-#define __memexitdata __section(".memexit.data")
-#define __memexitconst __section(".memexit.rodata")

/* For assembly routines */
#define __HEAD .section ".head.text","ax"
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index d936fa5fbbb1..bcc334b28a2c 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
#define ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS \
".init.text", ".meminit.text"
#define ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS \
- ".exit.text", ".memexit.text"
+ ".exit.text"

#define ALL_PCI_INIT_SECTIONS \
".pci_fixup_early", ".pci_fixup_header", ".pci_fixup_final", \
@@ -806,10 +806,9 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
".pci_fixup_resume_early", ".pci_fixup_suspend"

#define ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS MEM_INIT_SECTIONS
-#define ALL_XXXEXIT_SECTIONS MEM_EXIT_SECTIONS

#define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS
-#define ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS EXIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXEXIT_SECTIONS
+#define ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS EXIT_SECTIONS

#define DATA_SECTIONS ".data", ".data.rel"
#define TEXT_SECTIONS ".text", ".text.*", ".sched.text", \
@@ -822,7 +821,6 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
#define MEM_INIT_SECTIONS ".meminit.*"

#define EXIT_SECTIONS ".exit.*"
-#define MEM_EXIT_SECTIONS ".memexit.*"

#define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, \
TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS
@@ -832,7 +830,6 @@ enum mismatch {
DATA_TO_ANY_INIT,
TEXTDATA_TO_ANY_EXIT,
XXXINIT_TO_SOME_INIT,
- XXXEXIT_TO_SOME_EXIT,
ANY_INIT_TO_ANY_EXIT,
ANY_EXIT_TO_ANY_INIT,
EXTABLE_TO_NON_TEXT,
@@ -883,12 +880,6 @@ static const struct sectioncheck sectioncheck[] = {
.bad_tosec = { INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
.mismatch = XXXINIT_TO_SOME_INIT,
},
-/* Do not reference exit code/data from memexit code/data */
-{
- .fromsec = { ALL_XXXEXIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .bad_tosec = { EXIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .mismatch = XXXEXIT_TO_SOME_EXIT,
-},
/* Do not use exit code/data from init code */
{
.fromsec = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
@@ -1017,7 +1008,7 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,

/* symbols in data sections that may refer to meminit sections */
if (match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
- match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXEXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
+ match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS)) &&
match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*driver")))
return 0;

--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:06:56

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 08/10] modpost: use ALL_INIT_SECTIONS for the section check from DATA_SECTIONS

ALL_INIT_SECTIONS is defined as follows:

#define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 8f4bddbbc52b..c726383c1909 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static const struct sectioncheck sectioncheck[] = {
},
{
.fromsec = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .bad_tosec = { ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS, INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
+ .bad_tosec = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
.mismatch = DATA_TO_ANY_INIT,
},
{
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:06:59

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 04/10] modpost: remove more symbol patterns from the section check whitelist

These symbol patterns were whitelisted to allow them to reference to
functions with the old __devinit and __devexit annotations.

We stopped doing this a long time ago, for example, commit 6f039790510f
("Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes.") remove those annotations
from the scsi drivers.

Keep *_ops and *_console, otherwise they will really cause section
mismatch warnings.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 792ba9da0f27..19b138664f75 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -997,13 +997,7 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
/* symbols in data sections that may refer to any init/exit sections */
if (match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
- match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_template", // scsi uses *_template a lot
- "*_timer", // arm uses ops structures named _timer a lot
- "*_sht", // scsi also used *_sht to some extent
- "*_ops",
- "*_probe",
- "*_probe_one",
- "*_console")))
+ match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_ops", "*_console")))
return 0;

/*
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:07:12

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 07/10] modpost: disallow the combination of EXPORT_SYMBOL and __meminit*

Theoretically, we could export conditionally-discarded code sections,
such as .meminit*, if all the users can become modular under a certain
condition. However, that would be difficult to control and such a tricky
case has never occurred.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f73835b8f1f9..8f4bddbbc52b 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static void check_export_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *elf,
ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_LOPROC)
s->is_func = true;

- if (match(secname, PATTERNS(INIT_SECTIONS)))
+ if (match(secname, PATTERNS(ALL_INIT_SECTIONS)))
warn("%s: %s: EXPORT_SYMBOL used for init symbol. Remove __init or EXPORT_SYMBOL.\n",
mod->name, name);
else if (match(secname, PATTERNS(ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)))
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:07:14

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 10/10] modpost: squash ALL_{INIT,EXIT}_TEXT_SECTIONS to ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS

ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS and ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS are only used in
the macro definition of ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index e4eb989dc764..f27ea0b8531d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -795,11 +795,6 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
".init.setup", ".init.rodata", ".meminit.rodata", \
".init.data", ".meminit.data"

-#define ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS \
- ".init.text", ".meminit.text"
-#define ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS \
- ".exit.text"
-
#define ALL_PCI_INIT_SECTIONS \
".pci_fixup_early", ".pci_fixup_header", ".pci_fixup_final", \
".pci_fixup_enable", ".pci_fixup_resume", \
@@ -819,7 +814,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,

#define INIT_SECTIONS ".init.*"

-#define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS, \
+#define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS ".init.text", ".meminit.text", ".exit.text", \
TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS

enum mismatch {
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 17:07:23

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: [PATCH 09/10] modpost: merge sectioncheck table entries regarding init/exit sections

Check symbol references from normal sections to init/exit sections in
a single entry.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 18 +++---------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c726383c1909..e4eb989dc764 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -823,9 +823,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS

enum mismatch {
- TEXT_TO_ANY_INIT,
- DATA_TO_ANY_INIT,
- TEXTDATA_TO_ANY_EXIT,
+ TEXTDATA_TO_ANY_INIT_EXIT,
XXXINIT_TO_SOME_INIT,
ANY_INIT_TO_ANY_EXIT,
ANY_EXIT_TO_ANY_INIT,
@@ -856,20 +854,10 @@ static const struct sectioncheck sectioncheck[] = {
/* Do not reference init/exit code/data from
* normal code and data
*/
-{
- .fromsec = { TEXT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .bad_tosec = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .mismatch = TEXT_TO_ANY_INIT,
-},
-{
- .fromsec = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .bad_tosec = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .mismatch = DATA_TO_ANY_INIT,
-},
{
.fromsec = { TEXT_SECTIONS, DATA_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .bad_tosec = { ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
- .mismatch = TEXTDATA_TO_ANY_EXIT,
+ .bad_tosec = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS, NULL },
+ .mismatch = TEXTDATA_TO_ANY_INIT_EXIT,
},
/* Do not reference init code/data from meminit code/data */
{
--
2.40.1

2023-10-22 18:25:06

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] linux/init: remove __memexit* annotations

On Sun, Oct 22, 2023, at 19:06, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> We have never used __memexit, __memexitdata, or __memexitconst.
>
> These were unneeded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>

For asm-generic:
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

2023-10-23 23:28:32

by Nathan Chancellor

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] modpost: remove more symbol patterns from the section check whitelist

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 02:06:07AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> These symbol patterns were whitelisted to allow them to reference to
> functions with the old __devinit and __devexit annotations.
>
> We stopped doing this a long time ago, for example, commit 6f039790510f
> ("Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes.") remove those annotations
> from the scsi drivers.
>
> Keep *_ops and *_console, otherwise they will really cause section
> mismatch warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 8 +-------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 792ba9da0f27..19b138664f75 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -997,13 +997,7 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
> /* symbols in data sections that may refer to any init/exit sections */
> if (match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
> match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
> - match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_template", // scsi uses *_template a lot
> - "*_timer", // arm uses ops structures named _timer a lot
> - "*_sht", // scsi also used *_sht to some extent
> - "*_ops",
> - "*_probe",

It seems like this one might still be needed. I see this when building
certain arm64 configurations with clang.

WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: qcom_irq_combiner_probe+0x0 (section: .data) -> combiner_probe (section: .init.text)

> - "*_probe_one",
> - "*_console")))
> + match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_ops", "*_console")))
> return 0;
>
> /*
> --
> 2.40.1
>

2023-10-28 11:57:07

by Masahiro Yamada

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] modpost: remove more symbol patterns from the section check whitelist

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 02:06:07AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > These symbol patterns were whitelisted to allow them to reference to
> > functions with the old __devinit and __devexit annotations.
> >
> > We stopped doing this a long time ago, for example, commit 6f039790510f
> > ("Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes.") remove those annotations
> > from the scsi drivers.
> >
> > Keep *_ops and *_console, otherwise they will really cause section
> > mismatch warnings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >
> > scripts/mod/modpost.c | 8 +-------
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > index 792ba9da0f27..19b138664f75 100644
> > --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > @@ -997,13 +997,7 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
> > /* symbols in data sections that may refer to any init/exit sections */
> > if (match(fromsec, PATTERNS(DATA_SECTIONS)) &&
> > match(tosec, PATTERNS(ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS)) &&
> > - match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_template", // scsi uses *_template a lot
> > - "*_timer", // arm uses ops structures named _timer a lot
> > - "*_sht", // scsi also used *_sht to some extent
> > - "*_ops",
> > - "*_probe",
>
> It seems like this one might still be needed. I see this when building
> certain arm64 configurations with clang.
>
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: qcom_irq_combiner_probe+0x0 (section: .data) -> combiner_probe (section: .init.text)



Thanks for comprehensive compile-testing.


I will keep "*_probe", but I believe __ref is better
if this is only the instance that happens to
have _ops suffix.









> > - "*_probe_one",
> > - "*_console")))
> > + match(fromsym, PATTERNS("*_ops", "*_console")))
> > return 0;
> >
> > /*
> > --
> > 2.40.1
> >



--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada