From 5066743e4c2f702c1da8ba00a1dc217527a0ab7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 17:40:08 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] modpost: change mod->gpl_compatible to bool type Currently, mod->gpl_compatible is tristate; it is set to -1 by default, then to 1 or 0 when MODULE_LICENSE() is found. Maybe, -1 was chosen to represent the 'unknown' license, but it is not useful. The current code: if (!mod->gpl_compatible) check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name); ... only cares whether gpl_compatible is zero or not. Change it to a bool type with the initial value 'true', which has no functional change. The default value should be 'true' instead of 'false'. Since commit 1d6cd3929360 ("modpost: turn missing MODULE_LICENSE() into error"), unknown module license is an error. The error message, "missing MODULE_LICENSE()" is enough to explain the issue. It is not sensible to show another message, "GPL-incompatible module ... uses GPL-only symbol". Add comments to explain this. While I was here, I renamed gpl_compatible to is_gpl_compatible for clarification, and also slightly refactored the code. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 17 +++++++++++------ scripts/mod/modpost.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index a6035ab78cd8..25066dc25790 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -187,7 +187,14 @@ static struct module *new_module(const char *modname) /* add to list */ strcpy(mod->name, modname); mod->is_vmlinux = (strcmp(modname, "vmlinux") == 0); - mod->gpl_compatible = -1; + + /* + * Set mod->is_gpl_compatible to true by default. If MODULE_LICENSE() + * is missing, do not check the use for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() becasue + * modpost will exit wiht error anyway. + */ + mod->is_gpl_compatible = true; + mod->next = modules; modules = mod; @@ -2012,10 +2019,8 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname) if (!license) error("missing MODULE_LICENSE() in %s\n", modname); while (license) { - if (license_is_gpl_compatible(license)) - mod->gpl_compatible = 1; - else { - mod->gpl_compatible = 0; + if (!license_is_gpl_compatible(license)) { + mod->is_gpl_compatible = false; break; } license = get_next_modinfo(&info, "license", license); @@ -2183,7 +2188,7 @@ static void check_exports(struct module *mod) add_namespace(&mod->missing_namespaces, exp->namespace); } - if (!mod->gpl_compatible) + if (!mod->is_gpl_compatible) check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name); } } diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h index 0bd8f697f94c..73c36dfbf0e1 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len); struct module { struct module *next; - int gpl_compatible; + bool is_gpl_compatible; struct symbol *unres; bool from_dump; /* true if module was loaded from *.symvers */ bool is_vmlinux;