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authorDmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>2010-12-15 14:00:19 -0800
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2011-01-24 14:32:51 +1030
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module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs
Currently only drivers that are built as modules have their versions shown in /sys/module/<module_name>/version, but this information might also be useful for built-in drivers as well. This especially important for drivers that do not define any parameters - such drivers, if built-in, are completely invisible from userspace. This patch changes MODULE_VERSION() macro so that in case when we are compiling built-in module, version information is stored in a separate section. Kernel then uses this data to create 'version' sysfs attribute in the same fashion it creates attributes for module parameters. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-generic')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 68649336c4ad..6ebb81030d2d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -364,6 +364,13 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___param) = .; \
*(__param) \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___param) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
+ /* Built-in module versions. */ \
+ __modver : AT(ADDR(__modver) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___modver) = .; \
+ *(__modver) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___modver) = .; \
. = ALIGN((align)); \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_rodata) = .; \
} \