[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()
This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the
future, so that kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")
and use the symbols, will be flagged and printed out to the system log.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 35de20c..9d11550 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \
} \
\
+ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \
+ __ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \
+ *(__ksymtab_gpl_future) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \
__kcrctab : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab) = .; \
@@ -72,6 +79,13 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl) = .; \
} \
\
+ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \
+ __kcrctab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .; \
+ *(__kcrctab_gpl_future) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
/* Kernel symbol table: strings */ \
__ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
*(__ksymtab_strings) \