[PATCH v5 00/13] module: core code clean up

From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Wed Feb 09 2022 - 12:04:19 EST


Hi Luis,

As per your suggestion [1], this is an attempt to refactor and split
optional code out of core module support code into separate components.
This version is based on Linus' commit e6251ab4551f ("Merge tag
'nfs-for-5.17-2' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/anna/linux-nfs").
Please let me know your thoughts. So far, no feedback from 0-day; albeit,
if I see something, I'll let you know.

Changes since v1 [2]:

- Moved module version support code into a new file

Changes since v2 [3]:

- Moved module decompress support to a separate file
- Made check_modinfo_livepatch() generic (Petr Mladek)
- Removed filename from each newly created file (Luis Chamberlain)
- Addressed some (i.e. --ignore=ASSIGN_IN_IF,AVOID_BUG was used)
minor scripts/checkpatch.pl concerns e.g., use strscpy over
strlcpy and missing a blank line after declarations (Allen)

Changes since v3 [4]:

- Refactored both is_livepatch_module() and set_livepatch_module(),
respectively, to use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH) (Joe Perches)
- Addressed various compiler warnings e.g., no previous prototype (0-day)

Changes since v4 [5]:

- Dropped RFC (Luis Chamberlain)
- Moved is_livepatch_module() and set_livepatch_module() to
kernel/module/livepatch.c; set_livepatch_module() will
remain for internal use only
- Addressed minor compiler warning concerning
kernel/module/internal.h (0-day)
- Resolved style violations reported by scripts/checkpatch.pl
- Dropped patch 5 [6] so external patch [7] can be applied at
a later date post merge into module-next (Christophe Leroy)

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YbEZ4HgSYQEPuRmS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211228213041.1356334-1-atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx/
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220106234319.2067842-1-atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx/
[4]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220128203934.600247-1-atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx/
[5]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220130213214.1042497-1-atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx/
[6]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220130213214.1042497-6-atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx/
[7]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/203348805c9ac9851d8939d15cb9802ef047b5e2.1643919758.git.christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx/


Aaron Tomlin (13):
module: Move all into module/
module: Simple refactor in preparation for split
module: Make internal.h more compliant
module: Move livepatch support to a separate file
module: Move latched RB-tree support to a separate file
module: Move strict rwx support to a separate file
module: Move extra signature support out of core code
module: Move kmemleak support to a separate file
module: Move kallsyms support into a separate file
module: Move procfs support into a separate file
module: Move sysfs support into a separate file
module: Move kdb_modules list out of core code
module: Move version support into a separate file

MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
include/linux/module.h | 10 +-
kernel/Makefile | 5 +-
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 5 +
kernel/module-internal.h | 50 -
kernel/module/Makefile | 19 +
kernel/module/debug_kmemleak.c | 30 +
.../decompress.c} | 2 +-
kernel/module/internal.h | 283 +++
kernel/module/kallsyms.c | 502 +++++
kernel/module/livepatch.c | 80 +
kernel/{module.c => module/main.c} | 1862 +----------------
kernel/module/procfs.c | 142 ++
.../signature.c} | 0
kernel/module/signing.c | 120 ++
kernel/module/strict_rwx.c | 84 +
kernel/module/sysfs.c | 425 ++++
kernel/module/tree_lookup.c | 109 +
kernel/module/version.c | 110 +
kernel/module_signing.c | 45 -
20 files changed, 2009 insertions(+), 1876 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 kernel/module-internal.h
create mode 100644 kernel/module/Makefile
create mode 100644 kernel/module/debug_kmemleak.c
rename kernel/{module_decompress.c => module/decompress.c} (99%)
create mode 100644 kernel/module/internal.h
create mode 100644 kernel/module/kallsyms.c
create mode 100644 kernel/module/livepatch.c
rename kernel/{module.c => module/main.c} (64%)
create mode 100644 kernel/module/procfs.c
rename kernel/{module_signature.c => module/signature.c} (100%)
create mode 100644 kernel/module/signing.c
create mode 100644 kernel/module/strict_rwx.c
create mode 100644 kernel/module/sysfs.c
create mode 100644 kernel/module/tree_lookup.c
create mode 100644 kernel/module/version.c
delete mode 100644 kernel/module_signing.c


base-commit: e6251ab4551f51fa4cee03523e08051898c3ce82
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