[patch 01/14] Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-26 Thread Christoph Lameter
The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

[patch already in mm]

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-21 12:58:33.095608448 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-21 13:00:30.199108674 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP("Failed to find symbol %s\n", name);
-   return 0;
+   return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol("struct_module", , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol("struct_module",
+   , , 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, "struct_module", mod,
 crc);
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = -EINVAL;
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1348,14 +1349,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1405,7 +1408,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)

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[patch 01/14] Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-26 Thread Christoph Lameter
The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

[patch already in mm]

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-21 12:58:33.095608448 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-21 13:00:30.199108674 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP(Failed to find symbol %s\n, name);
-   return 0;
+   return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol(struct_module, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(struct_module,
+   owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, struct_module, mod,
 crc);
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = -EINVAL;
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1348,14 +1349,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1405,7 +1408,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)

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Re: Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-21 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> return -ENOENT;
> 
> directly ?
> 
> (ERR_PTR() in linux/err.h is a simple cast from long to void*).

Right and there is also IS_ERR_VALUE. Thanks for the feedback. New 
version:


Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
them everywhere.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-21 12:58:33.095608448 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-21 13:00:30.199108674 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP("Failed to find symbol %s\n", name);
-   return 0;
+   return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol("struct_module", , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol("struct_module",
+   , , 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, "struct_module", mod,
 crc);
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = -EINVAL;
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1348,14 +1349,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1405,7 +1408,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)
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Re: Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-21 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Christoph Lameter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Another issue that I encountered with the cpu_alloc stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
> present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
> a message that these symbols are unresolved.
> 
> Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
> since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
> them everywhere.
> 
> The idea top use ERR_PTR is from Mathieu.
> 

I thought these functions were returning a pointer. Well, since they are
simply returning an unsigned long, why not use :

return -ENOENT;

directly ?

(ERR_PTR() in linux/err.h is a simple cast from long to void*).

Mathieu

> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
> ===
> --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c2007-11-20 21:06:29.856965949 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c 2007-11-20 21:16:53.001715887 -0800
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
>   }
>   }
>   DEBUGP("Failed to find symbol %s\n", name);
> - return 0;
> + return (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>  }
>  
>  /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
> @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
>   const unsigned long *crc;
>  
>   preempt_disable();
> - if (!__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1))
> + if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1)))
>   BUG();
>   module_put(owner);
>   preempt_enable();
> @@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
>   const unsigned long *crc;
>   struct module *owner;
>  
> - if (!__find_symbol("struct_module", , , 1))
> + if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol("struct_module",
> + , , 1)))
>   BUG();
>   return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, "struct_module", mod,
>crc);
> @@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
>   /* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
>   if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
>   !use_module(mod, owner))
> - ret = 0;
> + ret = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>   }
>   return ret;
>  }
> @@ -1238,14 +1239,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
>   const unsigned long *crc;
>  
>   for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++)
> - if (__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
> + if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name,
> + , , 1))) {
>   name = mod->syms[i].name;
>   ret = -ENOEXEC;
>   goto dup;
>   }
>  
>   for (i = 0; i < mod->num_gpl_syms; i++)
> - if (__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
> + if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name,
> + , , 1))) {
>   name = mod->gpl_syms[i].name;
>   ret = -ENOEXEC;
>   goto dup;
> @@ -1295,7 +1298,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
>  strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
>  
>   /* Ok if resolved.  */
> - if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
> + if (!IS_ERR((void *)sym[i].st_value))
>   break;
>   /* Ok if weak.  */
>   if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)

-- 
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Re: Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-21 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Christoph Lameter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 Another issue that I encountered with the cpu_alloc stuff.
 
 
 
 The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
 present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
 a message that these symbols are unresolved.
 
 Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
 since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
 them everywhere.
 
 The idea top use ERR_PTR is from Mathieu.
 

I thought these functions were returning a pointer. Well, since they are
simply returning an unsigned long, why not use :

return -ENOENT;

directly ?

(ERR_PTR() in linux/err.h is a simple cast from long to void*).

Mathieu

 Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Cc: Kay Sievers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 ---
  kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 
 Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
 ===
 --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c2007-11-20 21:06:29.856965949 -0800
 +++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c 2007-11-20 21:16:53.001715887 -0800
 @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
   }
   }
   DEBUGP(Failed to find symbol %s\n, name);
 - return 0;
 + return (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
  }
  
  /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
 @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
   const unsigned long *crc;
  
   preempt_disable();
 - if (!__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1))
 + if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1)))
   BUG();
   module_put(owner);
   preempt_enable();
 @@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
   const unsigned long *crc;
   struct module *owner;
  
 - if (!__find_symbol(struct_module, owner, crc, 1))
 + if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(struct_module,
 + owner, crc, 1)))
   BUG();
   return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, struct_module, mod,
crc);
 @@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
   /* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
   if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
   !use_module(mod, owner))
 - ret = 0;
 + ret = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
   }
   return ret;
  }
 @@ -1238,14 +1239,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
   const unsigned long *crc;
  
   for (i = 0; i  mod-num_syms; i++)
 - if (__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
 + if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name,
 + owner, crc, 1))) {
   name = mod-syms[i].name;
   ret = -ENOEXEC;
   goto dup;
   }
  
   for (i = 0; i  mod-num_gpl_syms; i++)
 - if (__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
 + if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name,
 + owner, crc, 1))) {
   name = mod-gpl_syms[i].name;
   ret = -ENOEXEC;
   goto dup;
 @@ -1295,7 +1298,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
  strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
  
   /* Ok if resolved.  */
 - if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
 + if (!IS_ERR((void *)sym[i].st_value))
   break;
   /* Ok if weak.  */
   if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)

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Re: Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-21 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

 return -ENOENT;
 
 directly ?
 
 (ERR_PTR() in linux/err.h is a simple cast from long to void*).

Right and there is also IS_ERR_VALUE. Thanks for the feedback. New 
version:


Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
them everywhere.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Kay Sievers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-21 12:58:33.095608448 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-21 13:00:30.199108674 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP(Failed to find symbol %s\n, name);
-   return 0;
+   return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol(struct_module, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(struct_module,
+   owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, struct_module, mod,
 crc);
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = -EINVAL;
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1348,14 +1349,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1405,7 +1408,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)
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Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-20 Thread Christoph Lameter
Another issue that I encountered with the cpu_alloc stuff.



The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
them everywhere.

The idea top use ERR_PTR is from Mathieu.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-20 21:06:29.856965949 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-20 21:16:53.001715887 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP("Failed to find symbol %s\n", name);
-   return 0;
+   return (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(symbol, , , 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol("struct_module", , , 1))
+   if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol("struct_module",
+   , , 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, "struct_module", mod,
 crc);
@@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1238,14 +1239,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod->syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name, , , 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod->gpl_syms[i].name,
+   , , 1))) {
name = mod->gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1295,7 +1298,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)
-
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Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value

2007-11-20 Thread Christoph Lameter
Another issue that I encountered with the cpu_alloc stuff.



The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are
present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out
a message that these symbols are unresolved.

Use ERR_PTR to return an error code instead of 0. This is a bit awkward
since the addresses are handled as unsigned longs. So we need to convert
them everywhere.

The idea top use ERR_PTR is from Mathieu.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Kay Sievers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

---
 kernel/module.c |   17 ++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c
===
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c  2007-11-20 21:06:29.856965949 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c   2007-11-20 21:16:53.001715887 -0800
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long __find_symbol(const
}
}
DEBUGP(Failed to find symbol %s\n, name);
-   return 0;
+   return (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
 /* Search for module by name: must hold module_mutex. */
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
const unsigned long *crc;
 
preempt_disable();
-   if (!__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(symbol, owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
module_put(owner);
preempt_enable();
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_versio
const unsigned long *crc;
struct module *owner;
 
-   if (!__find_symbol(struct_module, owner, crc, 1))
+   if (IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(struct_module,
+   owner, crc, 1)))
BUG();
return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, struct_module, mod,
 crc);
@@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
-   ret = 0;
+   ret = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
return ret;
 }
@@ -1238,14 +1239,16 @@ static int verify_export_symbols(struct 
const unsigned long *crc;
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod-syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
}
 
for (i = 0; i  mod-num_gpl_syms; i++)
-   if (__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name, owner, crc, 1)) {
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)__find_symbol(mod-gpl_syms[i].name,
+   owner, crc, 1))) {
name = mod-gpl_syms[i].name;
ret = -ENOEXEC;
goto dup;
@@ -1295,7 +1298,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *se
   strtab + sym[i].st_name, mod);
 
/* Ok if resolved.  */
-   if (sym[i].st_value != 0)
+   if (!IS_ERR((void *)sym[i].st_value))
break;
/* Ok if weak.  */
if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK)
-
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