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From: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@linux.dev>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] module loader: remove references of *_gpl sections
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:54:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829105418.3053274-7-sidnayyar@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829105418.3053274-1-sidnayyar@google.com>

The *_gpl section are not being used populated by modpost anymore. Hence
the module loader doesn't need to find and process these sections in
modules.

Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
---
 include/linux/module.h   |  3 ---
 kernel/module/internal.h |  3 ---
 kernel/module/main.c     | 40 ++++++++++++----------------------------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 9ba6ce433ac3..1a9c41318e22 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -431,9 +431,6 @@ struct module {
 	unsigned int num_kp;
 
 	/* GPL-only exported symbols. */
-	unsigned int num_gpl_syms;
-	const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_syms;
-	const u32 *gpl_crcs;
 	bool using_gplonly_symbols;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
index 69b84510e097..061161cc79d9 100644
--- a/kernel/module/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module/internal.h
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ extern const size_t modinfo_attrs_count;
 /* Provided by the linker */
 extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab[];
 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 u32 __start___kcrctab[];
-extern const u32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
 extern const u8 __start___kflagstab[];
 
 #define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 400d59a7f44b..4437c2a451ea 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1464,29 +1464,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__symbol_get);
  */
 static int verify_exported_symbols(struct module *mod)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
 	const struct kernel_symbol *s;
-	struct {
-		const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
-		unsigned int num;
-	} arr[] = {
-		{ mod->syms, mod->num_syms },
-		{ mod->gpl_syms, mod->num_gpl_syms },
-	};
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); i++) {
-		for (s = arr[i].sym; s < arr[i].sym + arr[i].num; s++) {
-			struct find_symbol_arg fsa = {
-				.name	= kernel_symbol_name(s),
-				.gplok	= true,
-			};
-			if (find_symbol(&fsa)) {
-				pr_err("%s: exports duplicate symbol %s"
-				       " (owned by %s)\n",
-				       mod->name, kernel_symbol_name(s),
-				       module_name(fsa.owner));
-				return -ENOEXEC;
-			}
+	for (s = mod->syms; s < mod->syms + mod->num_syms; s++) {
+		struct find_symbol_arg fsa = {
+			.name	= kernel_symbol_name(s),
+			.gplok	= true,
+		};
+		if (find_symbol(&fsa)) {
+			pr_err("%s: exports duplicate symbol %s"
+				" (owned by %s)\n",
+				mod->name, kernel_symbol_name(s),
+				module_name(fsa.owner));
+			return -ENOEXEC;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -2601,10 +2590,6 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	mod->syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab",
 				 sizeof(*mod->syms), &mod->num_syms);
 	mod->crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab");
-	mod->gpl_syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_gpl",
-				     sizeof(*mod->gpl_syms),
-				     &mod->num_gpl_syms);
-	mod->gpl_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_gpl");
 	mod->flagstab = section_addr(info, "__kflagstab");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
@@ -2812,8 +2797,7 @@ static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 static int check_export_symbol_versions(struct module *mod)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
-	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) ||
-	    (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)) {
+	if (mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) {
 		return try_to_force_load(mod,
 					 "no versions for exported symbols");
 	}
-- 
2.51.0.338.gd7d06c2dae-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-29 10:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-29 10:54 [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 01/10] define kernel symbol flags Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] linker: add kflagstab section to vmlinux and modules Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] modpost: create entries for kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:19   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] modpost: put all exported symbols in ksymtab section Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` Siddharth Nayyar [this message]
2025-10-08 13:22   ` [PATCH 06/10] module loader: remove references of *_gpl sections Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 07/10] linker: remove *_gpl sections from vmlinux and modules Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] remove references to *_gpl sections in documentation Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:24   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] modpost: add symbol import protection flag to kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:35   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 10/10] module loader: enforce symbol import protection Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 15:35   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-01 12:27 ` [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Petr Pavlu
2025-09-03 23:28   ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-08 10:09     ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-15 15:53       ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-22 11:41         ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-26  0:11           ` Sid Nayyar

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