[RFC PATCH 1/2] modpost: use table-lookup to build module aliases

From: Alessandro Rubini
Date: Fri Nov 04 2011 - 08:23:17 EST


The function handle_moddevtable was a huge "else if" thing. This
patch places the lookup in a table to reduce code and increase data.

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Samuel I. Gonsalvez <siglesia@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 166 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
1 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index f936d1f..1247bc9 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -913,6 +913,51 @@ static void do_table(void *symval, unsigned long size,
}
}

+/* This array collects all instances that use the generic do_table above */
+struct devtable_switch {
+ const char *device_id;
+ const char *symname;
+ unsigned long id_size;
+ void *function;
+};
+#define E(id, name, structname, f) {id, name, sizeof(struct structname), f}
+
+static struct devtable_switch devtable_switch[] = {
+ E("pci", "__mod_pci_device_table", pci_device_id, do_pci_entry),
+ E("hid", "__mod_hid_device_table", hid_device_id, do_hid_entry),
+ E("ieee1394", "__mod_ieee1394_device_table",
+ ieee1394_device_id, do_ieee1394_entry),
+ E("ccw", "__mod_ccw_device_table", ccw_device_id, do_ccw_entry),
+ E("ap", "__mod_ap_device_table", ap_device_id, do_ap_entry),
+ E("css", "__mod_css_device_table", css_device_id, do_css_entry),
+ E("seio", "__mod_serio_device_table", serio_device_id, do_serio_entry),
+ E("acpi", "__mod_acpi_device_table", acpi_device_id, do_acpi_entry),
+ E("pcmcia", "__mod_pcmcia_device_table",
+ pcmcia_device_id, do_pcmcia_entry),
+ E("of", "__mod_of_device_table", of_device_id, do_of_entry),
+ E("vio", "__mod_vio_device_table", vio_device_id, do_vio_entry),
+ E("input", "__mod_input_device_table", input_device_id, do_input_entry),
+ E("eisa", "__mod_eisa_device_table", eisa_device_id, do_eisa_entry),
+ E("parisc", "__mod_parisc_device_table",
+ parisc_device_id, do_parisc_entry),
+ E("sdio", "__mod_sdio_device_table", sdio_device_id, do_sdio_entry),
+ E("ssb", "__mod_ssb_device_table", ssb_device_id, do_ssb_entry),
+ E("bcma", "__mod_bcma_device_table", bcma_device_id, do_bcma_entry),
+ E("virtio", "__mod_virtio_device_table",
+ virtio_device_id, do_virtio_entry),
+ E("vmbus", "__mod_vmbus_device_table",
+ hv_vmbus_device_id, do_vmbus_entry),
+ E("i2c", "__mod_i2c_device_table", i2c_device_id, do_i2c_entry),
+ E("spi", "__mod_spi_device_table", spi_device_id, do_spi_entry),
+ E("dmi", "__mod_dmi_device_table", dmi_system_id, do_dmi_entry),
+ E("platform", "__mod_platform_device_table",
+ platform_device_id, do_platform_entry),
+ E("mdio", "__mod_mdio_device_table", mdio_device_id, do_mdio_entry),
+ E("zorro", "__mod_zorro_device_table", zorro_device_id, do_zorro_entry),
+ E("isa", "__mod_isapnp_device_table",
+ isapnp_device_id, do_isapnp_entry)
+};
+
/* Create MODULE_ALIAS() statements.
* At this time, we cannot write the actual output C source yet,
* so we write into the mod->dev_table_buf buffer. */
@@ -936,117 +981,26 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
+ sym->st_value;
}

- if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_pci_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct pci_device_id), "pci",
- do_pci_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_usb_device_table"))
- /* special case to handle bcdDevice ranges */
+ /* First handle the "special" cases */
+ if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_usb_device_table"))
do_usb_table(symval, sym->st_size, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_hid_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct hid_device_id), "hid",
- do_hid_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_ieee1394_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct ieee1394_device_id), "ieee1394",
- do_ieee1394_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_ccw_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct ccw_device_id), "ccw",
- do_ccw_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_ap_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct ap_device_id), "ap",
- do_ap_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_css_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct css_device_id), "css",
- do_css_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_serio_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct serio_device_id), "serio",
- do_serio_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_acpi_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct acpi_device_id), "acpi",
- do_acpi_entry, mod);
else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_pnp_device_table"))
do_pnp_device_entry(symval, sym->st_size, mod);
else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_pnp_card_device_table"))
do_pnp_card_entries(symval, sym->st_size, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_pcmcia_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct pcmcia_device_id), "pcmcia",
- do_pcmcia_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_of_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct of_device_id), "of",
- do_of_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_vio_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct vio_device_id), "vio",
- do_vio_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_input_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct input_device_id), "input",
- do_input_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_eisa_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct eisa_device_id), "eisa",
- do_eisa_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_parisc_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct parisc_device_id), "parisc",
- do_parisc_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_sdio_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct sdio_device_id), "sdio",
- do_sdio_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_ssb_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct ssb_device_id), "ssb",
- do_ssb_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_bcma_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct bcma_device_id), "bcma",
- do_bcma_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_virtio_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct virtio_device_id), "virtio",
- do_virtio_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_vmbus_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct hv_vmbus_device_id), "vmbus",
- do_vmbus_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_i2c_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct i2c_device_id), "i2c",
- do_i2c_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_spi_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct spi_device_id), "spi",
- do_spi_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_dmi_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct dmi_system_id), "dmi",
- do_dmi_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_platform_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct platform_device_id), "platform",
- do_platform_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_mdio_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct mdio_device_id), "mdio",
- do_mdio_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_zorro_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct zorro_device_id), "zorro",
- do_zorro_entry, mod);
- else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_isapnp_device_table"))
- do_table(symval, sym->st_size,
- sizeof(struct isapnp_device_id), "isa",
- do_isapnp_entry, mod);
+ else {
+ struct devtable_switch *p = devtable_switch;
+ int i;
+
+ /* scan the array */
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(devtable_switch); i++, p++) {
+ if (sym_is(symname, p->symname)) {
+ do_table(symval, sym->st_size, p->id_size,
+ p->device_id, p->function, mod);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
free(zeros);
}

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1.6.0.2
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