[PATCH 08/11] kbuild: create *.mod with full directory path and remove MODVERDIR

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Jul 09 2019 - 00:25:53 EST


While descending directories, Kbuild produces objects for modules,
but final *.ko files are linked in the modpost.

To keep track of modules, Kbuild creates a *.mod file in $(MODVERDIR)
for every module it is building. Some post-processing steps read the
necessary information from *.mod files. This avoids descending into
directories again. This mechanism was introduced in 2003 or so.

Later, commit 551559e13af1 ("kbuild: implement modules.order") added
modules.order. So, we can simply read it out to know all the modules
with directory paths. This is easier than parsing the first line of
*.mod files.

$(MODVERDIR) has a flat structure. This is based on the assumption
that the module name is unique. This assumption is really fragile.

Stephen Rothwell reported a race condition caused by a module name
conflict:

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

In parallel building, two different threads could write to the same
$(MODVERDIR)/*.mod simultaneously.

Non-unique module names are the source of all kind of troubles, hence
commit 3a48a91901c5 ("kbuild: check uniqueness of module names")
introduced a new checker script.

However, it is still fragile in the build system point of view because
this race happens before scripts/modules-check.sh is invoked. If it
happens again, the modpost will emit unclear error messages.

To fix this issue completely, create *.mod in the same directory as
*.ko so that two threads never attempt to write to the same .mod file.
$(MODVERDIR) is no longer needed.

Since modules with directory paths are listed in modules.order, Kbuild
is still able to find *.mod files without additional descending.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

.gitignore | 1 +
Documentation/dontdiff | 1 +
Makefile | 20 +++-----------------
scripts/Makefile.build | 8 ++------
scripts/Makefile.modpost | 4 ++--
scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh | 11 ++++-------
scripts/mod/sumversion.c | 16 +++-------------
scripts/package/mkspec | 2 +-
8 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7587ef56b92d..8f5422cba6e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
*.lz4
*.lzma
*.lzo
+*.mod
*.mod.c
*.o
*.o.*
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 5eba889ea84d..9f4392876099 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
*.lzo
*.mo
*.moc
+*.mod
*.mod.c
*.o
*.o.*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f40cf704119..958fafa605b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -488,11 +488,6 @@ export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
export KBUILD_ARFLAGS

-# When compiling out-of-tree modules, put MODVERDIR in the module
-# tree rather than in the kernel tree. The kernel tree might
-# even be read-only.
-export MODVERDIR := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/).tmp_versions
-
# Files to ignore in find ... statements

export RCS_FIND_IGNORE := \( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o \
@@ -1034,7 +1029,7 @@ vmlinux-deps := $(KBUILD_LDS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS)

# Recurse until adjust_autoksyms.sh is satisfied
PHONY += autoksyms_recursive
-autoksyms_recursive: $(vmlinux-deps)
+autoksyms_recursive: $(vmlinux-deps) modules.order
ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh \
"$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux"
@@ -1118,7 +1113,6 @@ endif

prepare1: prepare3 outputmakefile asm-generic $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) \
include/generated/utsrelease.h
- $(cmd_crmodverdir)

archprepare: archheaders archscripts prepare1 scripts

@@ -1376,7 +1370,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
# make distclean Remove editor backup files, patch leftover files and the like

# Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
-CLEAN_DIRS += $(MODVERDIR) include/ksym
+CLEAN_DIRS += include/ksym
CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo

# Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
@@ -1637,7 +1631,6 @@ PHONY += $(clean-dirs) clean
$(clean-dirs):
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(patsubst _clean_%,%,$@)

-clean: rm-dirs := $(MODVERDIR)
clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers

PHONY += help
@@ -1651,8 +1644,6 @@ help:
@echo ''

PHONY += prepare
-prepare:
- $(cmd_crmodverdir)
endif # KBUILD_EXTMOD

clean: $(clean-dirs)
@@ -1663,7 +1654,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
-o -name '*.ko.*' \
-o -name '*.dtb' -o -name '*.dtb.S' -o -name '*.dt.yaml' \
-o -name '*.dwo' -o -name '*.lst' \
- -o -name '*.su' \
+ -o -name '*.su' -o -name '*.mod' \
-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
-o -name '*.asn1.[ch]' \
@@ -1792,11 +1783,6 @@ quiet_cmd_depmod = DEPMOD $(KERNELRELEASE)
cmd_depmod = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/depmod.sh $(DEPMOD) \
$(KERNELRELEASE)

-# Create temporary dir for module support files
-# clean it up only when building all modules
-cmd_crmodverdir = $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR) \
- $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),; rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*)
-
# read saved command lines for existing targets
existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 1492e37c3927..1d01324455d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ modorder-target := $(obj)/modules.order
endif
endif

-# We keep a list of all modules in $(MODVERDIR)
-
__build: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),$(builtin-target) $(lib-target) $(extra-y)) \
$(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m) $(modorder-target)) \
$(subdir-ym) $(always)
@@ -280,13 +278,11 @@ $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_source) $(objtool_dep) FORCE
$(call cmd,force_checksrc)
$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)

-# Single-part modules are special since we need to mark them in $(MODVERDIR)
-
$(single-used-m): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_source) $(objtool_dep) FORCE
$(call cmd,force_checksrc)
$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
@{ echo $(@:.o=.ko); echo $@; \
- $(cmd_undef_syms); } > $(MODVERDIR)/$(@F:.o=.mod)
+ $(cmd_undef_syms); } > $(patsubst %.o,%.mod,$@)

quiet_cmd_cc_lst_c = MKLST $@
cmd_cc_lst_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -g -c -o $*.o $< && \
@@ -468,7 +464,7 @@ cmd_link_multi-m = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(filter %.o,$^) $(cmd_secanalysis
$(multi-used-m): FORCE
$(call if_changed,link_multi-m)
@{ echo $(@:.o=.ko); echo $(filter %.o,$^); \
- $(cmd_undef_syms); } > $(MODVERDIR)/$(@F:.o=.mod)
+ $(cmd_undef_syms); } > $(patsubst %.o,%.mod,$@)
$(call multi_depend, $(multi-used-m), .o, -objs -y -m)

targets += $(multi-used-m)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 2ab1694a7df3..3e229d4f4d72 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
# Stage one of module building created the following:
# a) The individual .o files used for the module
# b) A <module>.o file which is the .o files above linked together
-# c) A <module>.mod file in $(MODVERDIR)/, listing the name of the
-# the preliminary <module>.o file, plus all .o files
+# c) A <module>.mod file, listing the name of the preliminary <module>.o file,
+# plus all .o files
# d) modules.order, which lists all the modules

# Stage 2 is handled by this file and does the following
diff --git a/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
index aab4e299d7a2..d3561ff4089c 100755
--- a/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
+++ b/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh
@@ -47,13 +47,10 @@ cat > "$new_ksyms_file" << EOT
*/

EOT
-[ "$(ls -A "$MODVERDIR")" ] &&
-for mod in "$MODVERDIR"/*.mod; do
- sed -n -e '3{s/ /\n/g;/^$/!p;}' "$mod"
-done | sort -u |
-while read sym; do
- echo "#define __KSYM_${sym} 1"
-done >> "$new_ksyms_file"
+sed 's/ko$/mod/' modules.order |
+xargs -r -n1 sed -n -e '3{s/ /\n/g;/^$/!p;}' |
+sort -u |
+sed -e 's/\(.*\)/#define __KSYM_\1 1/' >> "$new_ksyms_file"

# Special case for modversions (see modpost.c)
if [ -n "$CONFIG_MODVERSIONS" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
index 0f6dcb4011a8..166f3fa247a9 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
@@ -396,21 +396,11 @@ void get_src_version(const char *modname, char sum[], unsigned sumlen)
unsigned long len;
struct md4_ctx md;
char *sources, *end, *fname;
- const char *basename;
char filelist[PATH_MAX + 1];
- char *modverdir = getenv("MODVERDIR");

- if (!modverdir)
- modverdir = ".";
-
- /* Source files for module are in .tmp_versions/modname.mod,
- after the first line. */
- if (strrchr(modname, '/'))
- basename = strrchr(modname, '/') + 1;
- else
- basename = modname;
- snprintf(filelist, sizeof(filelist), "%s/%.*s.mod", modverdir,
- (int) strlen(basename) - 2, basename);
+ /* objects for a module are listed in the second line of *.mod file. */
+ snprintf(filelist, sizeof(filelist), "%.*smod",
+ (int)strlen(modname) - 1, modname);

file = grab_file(filelist, &len);
if (!file)
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index 2d29df4a0a53..8640c278f1aa 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fi

PROVIDES="$PROVIDES kernel-$KERNELRELEASE"
__KERNELRELEASE=$(echo $KERNELRELEASE | sed -e "s/-/_/g")
-EXCLUDES="$RCS_TAR_IGNORE --exclude=.tmp_versions --exclude=*vmlinux* \
+EXCLUDES="$RCS_TAR_IGNORE --exclude=*vmlinux* --exclude=*.mod \
--exclude=*.o --exclude=*.ko --exclude=*.cmd --exclude=Documentation \
--exclude=.config.old --exclude=.missing-syscalls.d --exclude=*.s"

--
2.17.1