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 08/10] remove references to *_gpl sections in documentation
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:54:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829105418.3053274-9-sidnayyar@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829105418.3053274-1-sidnayyar@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
---
Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index d0703605bfa4..f2022fa2342f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -426,11 +426,11 @@ Symbols From the Kernel (vmlinux + modules)
Version Information Formats
---------------------------
- Exported symbols have information stored in __ksymtab or __ksymtab_gpl
- sections. Symbol names and namespaces are stored in __ksymtab_strings,
+ Exported symbols have information stored in the __ksymtab section.
+ Symbol names and namespaces are stored in __ksymtab_strings section,
using a format similar to the string table used for ELF. If
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled, the CRCs corresponding to exported
- symbols will be added to the __kcrctab or __kcrctab_gpl.
+ symbols will be added to the __kcrctab section.
If CONFIG_BASIC_MODVERSIONS is enabled (default with
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS), imported symbols will have their symbol name and
--
2.51.0.338.gd7d06c2dae-goog
next prev 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 ` [PATCH 06/10] module loader: remove references of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:22 ` 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 ` Siddharth Nayyar [this message]
2025-10-08 13:24 ` [PATCH 08/10] remove references to *_gpl sections in documentation 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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