[PATCH 2/6] module: add CONFIG_BUILTIN_RANGES option

[Kris Van Hees]

The CONFIG_BUILTIN_RANGES option controls whether offset range data is
generated for kernel modules that are built into the kernel image.

Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/module/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig
index 33a2e991f608..0798439b11ac 100644
--- a/kernel/module/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig
@@ -389,4 +389,21 @@ config MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP
 	def_bool y
 	depends on PERF_EVENTS || TRACING || CFI_CLANG
 
+config BUILTIN_RANGES
+	bool "Generate address range information for builtin modules"
+	depends on VMLINUX_MAP
+	help
+	  When modules are built into the kernel, there will be no module name
+	  associated with its symbols in /proc/kallsyms.  Tracers may want to
+	  identify symbols by module name and symbol name regardless of whether
+	  the module is configured as loadable or not.
+
+	  This option generates modules.builtin.ranges in the build tree with
+	  offset ranges (per ELF section) for the module(s) they belong to.
+	  It also records an anchor symbol to determine the load address of the
+	  section.
+
+	  It is fully compatible with CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE and similar late-
+	  address-modification options.
+
 endif # MODULES
-- 
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