diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
index fa16a0538dcb..ab0eae1c153a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Core utilities
protection-keys
../RCU/index
gcc-plugins
+ symbol-namespaces
Interfaces for kernel debugging
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/kbuild/namespaces.rst
rename to Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d44d6732510d..e9b0a4100a29 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11544,6 +11544,7 @@ NSDEPS
M: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>
S: Maintained
F: scripts/nsdeps
+F: Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
NTB AMD DRIVER
M: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@amd.com>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c73922ad4d36..f87a5d6ab78b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ endif
# in addition to whatever we do anyway.
# Just "make" or "make all" shall build modules as well
-ifneq ($(filter all _all modules,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+ifneq ($(filter all _all modules nsdeps,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
KBUILD_MODULES := 1
endif
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index 95f55b7f83a0..621158ecd2e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
__ADDRESSABLE(sym) \
asm(" .section \"___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym "\", \"a\" \n" \
" .balign 4 \n" \
- "__ksymtab_" #sym NS_SEPARATOR #ns ": \n" \
+ "__ksymtab_" #ns NS_SEPARATOR #sym ": \n" \
" .long " #sym "- . \n" \
" .long __kstrtab_" #sym "- . \n" \
- " .long __kstrtab_ns_" #sym "- . \n" \
+ " .long __kstrtabns_" #sym "- . \n" \
" .previous \n")
#define __KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec) \
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
#else
#define __KSYMTAB_ENTRY_NS(sym, sec, ns) \
static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym##__##ns \
- asm("__ksymtab_" #sym NS_SEPARATOR #ns) \
+ asm("__ksymtab_" #ns NS_SEPARATOR #sym) \
__attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), used)) \
__aligned(sizeof(void *)) \
- = { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym, __kstrtab_ns_##sym }
+ = { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym, __kstrtabns_##sym }
#define __KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec) \
static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
/* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
#define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, sec, ns) \
___export_symbol_common(sym, sec); \
- static const char __kstrtab_ns_##sym[] \
+ static const char __kstrtabns_##sym[] \
__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), used, aligned(1))) \
= #ns; \
__KSYMTAB_ENTRY_NS(sym, sec, ns)
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
index c832bb6445a8..99e93a6c2e24 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/add_namespace.cocci
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
/// add a missing namespace tag to a module source file.
///
+virtual report
+
@has_ns_import@
declarer name MODULE_IMPORT_NS;
identifier virtual.ns;
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 442d5e2ad688..936d3ad23c83 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct symbol {
struct module *module;
unsigned int crc;
int crc_valid;
- const char *namespace;
+ char *namespace;
unsigned int weak:1;
unsigned int vmlinux:1; /* 1 if symbol is defined in vmlinux */
unsigned int kernel:1; /* 1 if symbol is from kernel
@@ -348,20 +348,18 @@ static enum export export_from_sec(struct elf_info *elf, unsigned int sec)
return export_unknown;
}
-static const char *sym_extract_namespace(const char **symname)
+static char *sym_extract_namespace(const char **symname)
{
- size_t n;
- char *dupsymname;
+ char *namespace = NULL;
+ char *ns_separator;
- n = strcspn(*symname, ".");
- if (n < strlen(*symname) - 1) {
- dupsymname = NOFAIL(strdup(*symname));
- dupsymname[n] = '\0';
- *symname = dupsymname;
- return dupsymname + n + 1;
+ ns_separator = strchr(*symname, '.');
+ if (ns_separator) {
+ namespace = NOFAIL(strndup(*symname, ns_separator - *symname));
+ *symname = ns_separator + 1;
}
- return NULL;
+ return namespace;
}
/**
@@ -375,7 +373,6 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, const char *namespace,
if (!s) {
s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
- s->namespace = namespace;
} else {
if (!s->preloaded) {
warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
@@ -386,6 +383,8 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, const char *namespace,
s->module = mod;
}
}
+ free(s->namespace);
+ s->namespace = namespace ? strdup(namespace) : NULL;
s->preloaded = 0;
s->vmlinux = is_vmlinux(mod->name);
s->kernel = 0;
@@ -672,7 +671,8 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
unsigned int crc;
enum export export;
bool is_crc = false;
- const char *name, *namespace;
+ const char *name;
+ char *namespace;
if ((!is_vmlinux(mod->name) || mod->is_dot_o) &&
strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab"))
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
name = symname + strlen("__ksymtab_");
namespace = sym_extract_namespace(&name);
sym_add_exported(name, namespace, mod, export);
+ free(namespace);
}
if (strcmp(symname, "init_module") == 0)
mod->has_init = 1;
@@ -2195,7 +2196,7 @@ static int check_exports(struct module *mod)
else
basename = mod->name;
- if (exp->namespace) {
+ if (exp->namespace && exp->namespace[0]) {
add_namespace(&mod->required_namespaces,
exp->namespace);
diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps
index ac2b6031dd13..3754dac13b31 100644
--- a/scripts/nsdeps
+++ b/scripts/nsdeps
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
# Linux kernel symbol namespace import generator
#
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ generate_deps() {
for source_file in $mod_source_files; do
sed '/MODULE_IMPORT_NS/Q' $source_file > ${source_file}.tmp
offset=$(wc -l ${source_file}.tmp | awk '{print $1;}')
- cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
+ cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | LANG=C sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
tail -n +$((offset +1)) ${source_file} | grep -v MODULE_IMPORT_NS >> ${source_file}.tmp
if ! diff -q ${source_file} ${source_file}.tmp; then
mv ${source_file}.tmp ${source_file}