This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
modules: return licensing information from find_symbol
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
modules-return-licensing-information-from-find_symbol.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ef1dac6021cc8ec5de02ce31722bf26ac4ed5523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:10:26 +0200
Subject: modules: return licensing information from find_symbol
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
commit ef1dac6021cc8ec5de02ce31722bf26ac4ed5523 upstream.
Report the GPLONLY status through a new argument.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 2 +-
kernel/module.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ struct module *find_module(const char *n
struct symsearch {
const struct kernel_symbol *start, *stop;
const s32 *crcs;
- enum {
+ enum mod_license {
NOT_GPL_ONLY,
GPL_ONLY,
WILL_BE_GPL_ONLY,
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ struct find_symbol_arg {
struct module *owner;
const s32 *crc;
const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
+ enum mod_license license;
};
static bool check_exported_symbol(const struct symsearch *syms,
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ static bool check_exported_symbol(const
fsa->owner = owner;
fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, symnum);
fsa->sym = &syms->start[symnum];
+ fsa->license = syms->license;
return true;
}
@@ -585,6 +587,7 @@ static bool find_exported_symbol_in_sect
static const struct kernel_symbol *find_symbol(const char *name,
struct module **owner,
const s32 **crc,
+ enum mod_license *license,
bool gplok,
bool warn)
{
@@ -599,6 +602,8 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *find_
*owner = fsa.owner;
if (crc)
*crc = fsa.crc;
+ if (license)
+ *license = fsa.license;
return fsa.sym;
}
@@ -1072,7 +1077,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
struct module *owner;
preempt_disable();
- if (!find_symbol(symbol, &owner, NULL, true, false))
+ if (!find_symbol(symbol, &owner, NULL, NULL, true, false))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -1350,7 +1355,7 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
* locking is necessary -- use preempt_disable() to placate lockdep.
*/
preempt_disable();
- if (!find_symbol("module_layout", NULL, &crc, true, false)) {
+ if (!find_symbol("module_layout", NULL, &crc, NULL, true, false)) {
preempt_enable();
BUG();
}
@@ -1434,6 +1439,7 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *resol
struct module *owner;
const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
const s32 *crc;
+ enum mod_license license;
int err;
/*
@@ -1443,7 +1449,7 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *resol
*/
sched_annotate_sleep();
mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
- sym = find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc,
+ sym = find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc, &license,
!(mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE)), true);
if (!sym)
goto unlock;
@@ -2258,7 +2264,7 @@ void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
preempt_disable();
- sym = find_symbol(symbol, &owner, NULL, true, true);
+ sym = find_symbol(symbol, &owner, NULL, NULL, true, true);
if (sym && strong_try_module_get(owner))
sym = NULL;
preempt_enable();
@@ -2294,7 +2300,7 @@ static int verify_exported_symbols(struc
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); i++) {
for (s = arr[i].sym; s < arr[i].sym + arr[i].num; s++) {
if (find_symbol(kernel_symbol_name(s), &owner, NULL,
- true, false)) {
+ NULL, true, false)) {
pr_err("%s: exports duplicate symbol %s"
" (owned by %s)\n",
mod->name, kernel_symbol_name(s),
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
queue-5.4/modules-unexport-__module_address.patch
queue-5.4/modules-mark-find_symbol-static.patch
queue-5.4/modules-return-licensing-information-from-find_symbol.patch
queue-5.4/modules-inherit-taint_proprietary_module.patch
queue-5.4/modules-mark-ref_module-static.patch
queue-5.4/modules-rename-the-licence-field-in-struct-symsearch-to-license.patch
queue-5.4/modules-unexport-__module_text_address.patch
queue-5.4/modules-mark-each_symbol_section-static.patch
