[PATCH v2] kbuild: check uniqueness of module names

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Fri May 17 2019 - 00:31:59 EST


In the recent build test of linux-next, Stephen saw a build error
caused by a broken .tmp_versions/*.mod file:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/13/991

drivers/net/phy/asix.ko and drivers/net/usb/asix.ko have the same
basename, and there is a race in generating .tmp_versions/asix.mod

Kbuild has not checked this before, and it suddenly shows up with
obscure error message when this kind of race occurs.

Non-unique module names cause various sort of problems, but it is
not trivial to catch them by eyes.

Hence, this script.

It checks not only real modules, but also built-in modules (i.e.
controlled by tristate CONFIG option, but currently compiled with =y).
Non-unique names for built-in modules also cause problems because
/sys/modules/ would fall over.

I tested allmodconfig on the latest kernel, and it detected the
following:

warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
drivers/regulator/88pm800.ko
drivers/mfd/88pm800.ko
warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.ko
drivers/media/i2c/adv7511.ko
warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
drivers/net/phy/asix.ko
drivers/net/usb/asix.ko
warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
fs/coda/coda.ko
drivers/media/platform/coda/coda.ko
warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:
drivers/net/phy/realtek.ko
drivers/net/dsa/realtek.ko

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v2:
- redirect messages to stderr
- use '--' after 'basename -a'
- use '-r' for xargs to cope with empty modules.order/modules.builtin

Makefile | 1 +
scripts/modules-check.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 scripts/modules-check.sh

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a61a95b6b38f..30792fec7a12 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) modules.builtin
$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
@$(kecho) ' Building modules, stage 2.';
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+ $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/modules-check.sh

modules.builtin: $(vmlinux-dirs:%=%/modules.builtin)
$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $^ > $(objtree)/modules.builtin
diff --git a/scripts/modules-check.sh b/scripts/modules-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c875f6eab01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/modules-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+# Check uniqueness of module names
+check_same_name_modules()
+{
+ same_name_modules=$(cat modules.order modules.builtin | \
+ xargs -r basename -a -- | sort | uniq -d)
+
+ for m in $same_name_modules
+ do
+ echo "warning: same basename if the following are built as modules:" >&2
+ grep -h -e "/$m" modules.order modules.builtin | \
+ sed 's:^kernel/: :' >&2
+ done
+}
+
+check_same_name_modules
--
2.17.1