linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 4/4] kernel/module: Hide vermagic header file from general use

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Message-Id: <20200414155732.1236944-5-leon@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:57:32 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/4] kernel/module: Hide vermagic header file from general use

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

VERMAGIC* definitions are not supposed to be used by the drivers,
see this [1] bug report, so simply move this header file to be visible
to kernel/* files only.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200411155623.GA22175@zn.tnic
Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
---
 kernel/module.c                      | 2 +-
 {include/linux => kernel}/vermagic.h | 0
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 rename {include/linux => kernel}/vermagic.h (100%)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 3447f3b74870..fce06095d341 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <linux/vermagic.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/module.h>
 #include "module-internal.h"
+#include "vermagic.h"
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/module.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/vermagic.h b/kernel/vermagic.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/vermagic.h
rename to kernel/vermagic.h
-- 
2.25.2