[v2 2/3] kernel: refactor and globalize lookup_or_create_module_kobject()

From: Shyam Saini
Date: Fri Feb 07 2025 - 00:46:30 EST


lookup_or_create_module_kobject() is static and marked as __init,
this is not ideal for global usage.

Fix this limitation by refactoring and declaring this as global:
- Refactor it by removing BUG_ON() and 'if else' construct by returning
early
- Remove static and __init markers from the function and add its
declaration in module.h
- Mark this function as "__modinit". To facilitate this, move the
__modinit macro construct to module.h

Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shyam Saini <shyamsaini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 8 +++++++
kernel/params.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 12f8a7d4fc1c..57d09b4e4385 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
#define __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE __INITRODATA
#endif /*CONFIG_MODULES*/

+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+#define __modinit
+#else
+#define __modinit __init
+#endif
+
+struct module_kobject __modinit * lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
+
/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 4b43baaf7c83..5d16696b1daa 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -595,12 +595,6 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(const struct module_attribute *mattr,
}
#endif

-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-#define __modinit
-#else
-#define __modinit __init
-#endif
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
void kernel_param_lock(struct module *mod)
{
@@ -763,38 +757,38 @@ void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
params[i].ops->free(params[i].arg);
}

-static struct module_kobject * __init lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name)
+struct module_kobject __modinit * lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name)
{
struct module_kobject *mk;
struct kobject *kobj;
int err;

kobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, name);
- if (kobj) {
- mk = to_module_kobject(kobj);
- } else {
- mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
- BUG_ON(!mk);
-
- mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
- mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
- err = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL,
+ if (kobj)
+ return to_module_kobject(kobj);
+
+ mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!mk)
+ return NULL;
+
+ mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
+ mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
+ err = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL,
"%s", name);
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- if (!err)
- err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &module_uevent.attr);
+ if (!err)
+ err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &module_uevent.attr);
#endif
- if (err) {
- kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
- pr_crit("Adding module '%s' to sysfs failed (%d), the system may be unstable.\n",
- name, err);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- /* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
- kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
+ if (err) {
+ kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
+ pr_crit("Adding module '%s' to sysfs failed (%d), the system may be unstable.\n",
+ name, err);
+ return NULL;
}

+ /* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
+ kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
+
return mk;
}

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2.34.1