Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add for_each_module iterator function

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Andi Kleen wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> 
> This is a generic function to iterate over all modules.
> To be used in the next patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/module.h |    1 +
>  kernel/module.c        |   10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index 403ac26..809b6db 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr);
>  bool is_module_address(unsigned long addr);
>  bool is_module_percpu_address(unsigned long addr);
>  bool is_module_text_address(unsigned long addr);
> +void for_each_module(void (*op)(struct module *, void *arg), void *arg);
>  
>  static inline int within_module_core(unsigned long addr, struct module *mod)
>  {
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index eba1341..b8fb3e6 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -384,6 +384,16 @@ struct module *find_module(const char *name)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_module);
>  
> +void for_each_module(void (*op)(struct module *, void *arg), void *arg)
> +{
> +	struct module *mod;
> +
> +	preempt_disable();

  That wants rcu_read_lock()

> +	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list)
> +		op(mod, arg);
> +	preempt_enable();

Thanks,

	tglx