[PATCH 3/4] KBUILD: prevent building modules that wont load

From: Ram Pai
Date: Wed May 10 2006 - 19:56:28 EST


From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxx>

Implements license compliance testing in modpost. This prevents kbuild from
producing modules that won't load.

Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxx>

include/linux/license.h | 14 ++++++++++
kernel/module.c | 11 --------
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
scripts/mod/modpost.h | 1
4 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.17-rc3/include/linux/license.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc3/include/linux/license.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __LICENSE_H
+#define __LICENSE_H
+
+static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
+{
+ return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
+ || strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
+ || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
+ || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
+ || strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
+ || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
+}
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.17-rc3/kernel/module.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc3.orig/kernel/module.c
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc3/kernel/module.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <linux/license.h>

#if 0
#define DEBUGP printk
@@ -1248,16 +1249,6 @@ static void layout_sections(struct modul
}
}

-static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license)
-{
- return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
-}
-
static void set_license(struct module *mod, const char *license)
{
if (!license)
Index: linux-2.6.17-rc3/scripts/mod/modpost.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc3.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc3/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@

#include <ctype.h>
#include "modpost.h"
+#include "../../include/linux/license.h"

/* Are we using CONFIG_MODVERSIONS? */
int modversions = 0;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ static struct module *new_module(char *m

/* add to list */
mod->name = p;
+ mod->gpl_compatible = -1;
mod->next = modules;
modules = mod;

@@ -454,13 +456,18 @@ static char *next_string(char *string, u
return string;
}

-static char *get_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
- const char *tag)
+static char *get_next_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
+ const char *tag, char *info)
{
char *p;
unsigned int taglen = strlen(tag);
unsigned long size = modinfo_len;

+ if (info) {
+ size -= info - (char *)modinfo;
+ modinfo = next_string(info, &size);
+ }
+
for (p = modinfo; p; p = next_string(p, &size)) {
if (strncmp(p, tag, taglen) == 0 && p[taglen] == '=')
return p + taglen + 1;
@@ -468,6 +475,13 @@ static char *get_modinfo(void *modinfo,
return NULL;
}

+static char *get_modinfo(void *modinfo, unsigned long modinfo_len,
+ const char *tag)
+
+{
+ return get_next_modinfo(modinfo, modinfo_len, tag, NULL);
+}
+
/**
* Test if string s ends in string sub
* return 0 if match
@@ -888,6 +902,7 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
{
const char *symname;
char *version;
+ char *license;
struct module *mod;
struct elf_info info = { };
Elf_Sym *sym;
@@ -903,6 +918,18 @@ static void read_symbols(char *modname)
mod->skip = 1;
}

+ license = get_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len, "license");
+ while (license) {
+ if (license_is_gpl_compatible(license))
+ mod->gpl_compatible = 1;
+ else {
+ mod->gpl_compatible = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ license = get_next_modinfo(info.modinfo, info.modinfo_len,
+ "license", license);
+ }
+
for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
symname = info.strtab + sym->st_name;

@@ -959,6 +986,31 @@ void buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const
buf->pos += len;
}

+void check_license(struct module *mod)
+{
+ struct symbol *s, *exp;
+
+ for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
+ if (mod->gpl_compatible == 1) {
+ /* GPL-compatible modules may use all symbols */
+ continue;
+ }
+ exp = find_symbol(s->name);
+ if (!exp || exp->module == mod)
+ continue;
+ if (exp->export_type == 1) {
+ const char *basename = strrchr(mod->name, '/');
+ if (basename)
+ basename++;
+
+ fatal("modpost: GPL-incompatible module %s uses the "
+ "GPL-only symbol %s\n",
+ basename ? basename : mod->name,
+ exp->name);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/**
* Header for the generated file
**/
@@ -1244,6 +1296,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
if (mod->skip)
continue;
+ check_license(mod);
+ }
+
+ for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
+ if (mod->skip)
+ continue;

buf.pos = 0;

Index: linux-2.6.17-rc3/scripts/mod/modpost.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc3.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc3/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char
struct module {
struct module *next;
const char *name;
+ int gpl_compatible;
struct symbol *unres;
int seen;
int skip;
-
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