linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:36:56 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:22:36PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com> 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 <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 24 ++++++++++-
>   
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

Michael, Matthew, why make everyone deal with this instead of just
making this an arch thing and ppc would be the only one doing it?

  Luis