linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V3

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Message-ID: <87mxgb2m8a.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:08:29 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V3

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:51:16 +0200, Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org> wrote:
> The commit f02e8a6 sorts symbols placing each of them in its own elf section.
> The sorting and merging into the canonical sections are done by the linker.
> Unfortunately modpost to generate Module.symvers file parses vmlinux
> (already linked) and all modules object files (which aren't linked yet).
> These aren't sanitized by the linker yet. That breaks modpost that can't
> detect license properly for modules. This patch makes modpost aware of
> the new exported symbols structure.
> 
> Thanks to Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> and Anders Kaseorg
> <andersk@...lice.com> for providing useful suggestions about code.
> 
> This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum.

Applied.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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