Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but > could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a > backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by > old user tooling, unlike the current format where user tooling cannot > tolerate adjustments to the format (for example making the name field > longer). > > Since PPC munges its version records to strip leading dots, we reproduce > the munging for the new format. Other architectures do not appear to > have architecture-specific usage of this information. > > Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 24 ++++++++++- > kernel/module/internal.h | 11 +++++ > kernel/module/main.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > kernel/module/version.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) I already acked version 8, which AFAICS is identical to this version (for this patch at least). Not sure if you dropped my ack on purpose, but here have another one :) Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (powerpc) cheers
