Matthew Maurer <[email protected]> writes: > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but > could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a > backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by > old user tooling, unlike the current format where user tooling cannot > tolerate adjustments to the format (for example making the name field > longer). > > Since PPC munges its version records to strip leading dots, we reproduce > the munging for the new format. Other architectures do not appear to > have architecture-specific usage of this information. > > Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <[email protected]> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 24 ++++++++++- Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]> (powerpc)
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