[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/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2a892b2..5ca99fb 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@
extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab[];
extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_gpl[];
extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[];
+extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_gpl_future[];
+extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl_future[];
extern const unsigned long __start___kcrctab[];
extern const unsigned long __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
+extern const unsigned long __start___kcrctab_gpl_future[];
#ifndef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
#define symversion(base, idx) NULL
@@ -172,6 +175,22 @@
return ks->value;
}
}
+ ks = lookup_symbol(name, __start___ksymtab_gpl_future,
+ __stop___ksymtab_gpl_future);
+ if (ks) {
+ if (!gplok) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Symbol %s is being used "
+ "by a non-GPL module, which will not "
+ "be allowed in the future\n", name);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Please see the file "
+ "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt "
+ "in the kernel source tree for more "
+ "details.\n");
+ }
+ *crc = symversion(__start___kcrctab_gpl_future,
+ (ks - __start___ksymtab_gpl_future));
+ return ks->value;
+ }
/* Now try modules. */
list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
@@ -191,6 +210,23 @@
return ks->value;
}
}
+ ks = lookup_symbol(name, mod->gpl_future_syms,
+ (mod->gpl_future_syms +
+ mod->num_gpl_future_syms));
+ if (ks) {
+ if (!gplok) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Symbol %s is being used "
+ "by a non-GPL module, which will not "
+ "be allowed in the future\n", name);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Please see the file "
+ "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt "
+ "in the kernel source tree for more "
+ "details.\n");
+ }
+ *crc = symversion(mod->gpl_future_crcs,
+ (ks - mod->gpl_future_syms));
+ return ks->value;
+ }
}
DEBUGP("Failed to find symbol %s\n", name);
return 0;
@@ -1546,7 +1582,8 @@
char *secstrings, *args, *modmagic, *strtab = NULL;
unsigned int i, symindex = 0, strindex = 0, setupindex, exindex,
exportindex, modindex, obsparmindex, infoindex, gplindex,
- crcindex, gplcrcindex, versindex, pcpuindex;
+ crcindex, gplcrcindex, versindex, pcpuindex, gplfutureindex,
+ gplfuturecrcindex;
long arglen;
struct module *mod;
long err = 0;
@@ -1627,8 +1664,10 @@
/* Optional sections */
exportindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab");
gplindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_gpl");
+ gplfutureindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_gpl_future");
crcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab");
gplcrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_gpl");
+ gplfuturecrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_gpl_future");
setupindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__param");
exindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ex_table");
obsparmindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__obsparm");
@@ -1784,10 +1823,16 @@
mod->gpl_syms = (void *)sechdrs[gplindex].sh_addr;
if (gplcrcindex)
mod->gpl_crcs = (void *)sechdrs[gplcrcindex].sh_addr;
+ mod->num_gpl_future_syms = sechdrs[gplfutureindex].sh_size /
+ sizeof(*mod->gpl_future_syms);
+ mod->gpl_future_syms = (void *)sechdrs[gplfutureindex].sh_addr;
+ if (gplfuturecrcindex)
+ mod->gpl_future_crcs = (void *)sechdrs[gplfuturecrcindex].sh_addr;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
if ((mod->num_syms && !crcindex) ||
- (mod->num_gpl_syms && !gplcrcindex)) {
+ (mod->num_gpl_syms && !gplcrcindex) ||
+ (mod->num_gpl_future_syms && !gplfuturecrcindex)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: No versions for exported symbols."
" Tainting kernel.\n", mod->name);
add_taint(TAINT_FORCED_MODULE);