Re: [PATCH 04/10] module: make MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX into a CONFIG option

[Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 08:29, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:30:20AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 07:16, Alan Jenkins wrote:
>> > Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 05:06, Alan Jenkins wrote:
>> >>> The next commit will require the use of MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX in
>> >>> .tmp_exports-asm.S. ??Currently it is mixed in with C structure
>> >>> definitions in "asm/module.h". ??Move the definition of this arch option
>> >>> into Kconfig, so it can be easily accessed by any code.
>> >>>
>> >>> This also lets modpost.c use the same definition. ??Previously modpost
>> >>> relied on a hardcoded list of architectures in mk_elfconfig.c.
>> >>
>> >> this should also let us push VMLINUX_SYMBOL() out of
>> >> arch/*/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S and into asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h ...
>> >
>> > I don't think that's possible.
>> >
>> > ?? #define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _##_sym_
>> >
>> > I don't know any "unstringify" operation. ??So I can't convert a string value
>> > of CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX to the unquoted underscore we neeed for this macro.
>> > ??The same applies for the SYM() macro I use.
>>
>> let the build system do the unstringify operation.
>> qstrip = $(strip $(subst ",,$(1)))
>> CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -DVMLINUX_SYMBOL_PREFIX=$(call
>> qstrip,CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX)
>>
>> > If we positively want to keep the generality, I guess I should put
>> > MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX in a header file of it's own. ??The disadvantage is that
>> > it makes it inaccessible to host programs again, like modpost (which
>> > currently hardcodes the list of affected architectures in mk_elfconfig.c).
>>
>> having it in the arch Kconfig removes any and all possible
>> limitations, and it keeps the cruft out of the common init/Kconfig and
>> in the arch-specific Kconfig, and avoids a dead symbol
>> (HAVE_SYMBOL_PREFIX)
>
> Having it in the Kconfig also makes it a nuisance for platforms that can
> use -elf and -linux toolchains for the same tree for different platforms.
> It would be nice to have this supported in such a way that we can just
> set a flag from the Makefile and have a compiler test that determines
> whether it is necessary or not.

what arch is this an issue for ?  the only symbol prefixed arches are
Blackfin and H8300, and they dont provide toolchains that omit the
prefix.

if anything, the common build code could easily do:
ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX),)
CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-leading-underscore)
endif

trying to enable symbol prefix support dynamically based on the
toolchain is a bad idea and pretty fragile.  the arch-specific
assembly code would have to be all rewritten to wrap all C-visible
symbols with a macro like VMLINUX_SYMBOL().

i say let anyone who actually has such a system and wants to do such a
crazy ass thing put together a working arch first before we worry
about it.  the current code doesnt preclude dynamic hooking anyways
(manually adding -DCONFIG_xxx to CPPFLAGS).
-mike