linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH 0/6] Symbol namespaces
@ 2018-07-16 12:21 Martijn Coenen
  2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 1/6] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Martijn Coenen
                   ` (10 more replies)
  0 siblings, 11 replies; 134+ messages in thread
From: Martijn Coenen @ 2018-07-16 12:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Martijn Coenen, Masahiro Yamada, Michal Marek,
	Geert Uytterhoeven, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, H. Peter Anvin,
	x86, Alan Stern, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Oliver Neukum,
	Arnd Bergmann, Jessica Yu, Stephen Boyd, Philippe Ombredanne,
	Kate Stewart, Sam Ravnborg, linux-kbuild, linux-m68k, linux-usb,
	usb-storage, linux-scsi, linux-arch, maco, sspatil, malchev,
	joelaf

As of Linux 4.17, there are more than 30000 exported symbols
in the kernel. There seems to be some consensus amongst
kernel devs that the export surface is too large, and hard
to reason about.

Generally, these symbols fall in one of these categories:
1) Symbols actually meant for drivers
2) Symbols that are only exported because functionality is
   split over multiple modules, yet they really shouldn't
   be used by modules outside of their own subsystem
3) Symbols really only meant for in-tree use

When module developers try to upstream their code, it
regularly turns out that they are using exported symbols
that they really shouldn't be using. This problem is even
bigger for drivers that are currently out-of-tree, which
may be using many symbols that they shouldn't be using,
and that break when those symbols are removed or modified.

This patch allows subsystem maintainers to partition their
exported symbols into separate namespaces, and module
authors to import such namespaces only when needed.

This allows subsystem maintainers to more easily limit
availability of these namespaced symbols to other parts of
the kernel. It can also be used to partition the set of
exported symbols for documentation purposes; for example,
a set of symbols that is really only used for debugging
could be in a "SUBSYSTEM_DEBUG" namespace.

Martijn Coenen (6):
  export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol.
  module: add support for symbol namespaces.
  modpost: add support for checking symbol namespaces.
  modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies.
  scripts: Coccinelle script for namespace dependencies.
  RFC: USB: storage: move symbols into USB_STORAGE namespace.

 Makefile                            |  11 +++
 arch/m68k/include/asm/export.h      |   1 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild         |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/export.h       |   5 --
 drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c        |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/datafab.c       |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c    |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c       |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c        |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/jumpshot.c      |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/karma.c         |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/onetouch.c      |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c    |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c        |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/sddr55.c        |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/uas.c           |   1 +
 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c           |  20 ++---
 include/asm-generic/export.h        |   2 +-
 include/linux/export.h              |  84 ++++++++++++++-----
 include/linux/module.h              |  13 +++
 kernel/module.c                     |  79 ++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/Makefile.modpost            |   4 +-
 scripts/add_namespace.cocci         |  19 +++++
 scripts/mod/modpost.c               | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 scripts/mod/modpost.h               |   9 +++
 scripts/nsdeps                      |  41 ++++++++++
 28 files changed, 379 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/export.h
 create mode 100644 scripts/add_namespace.cocci
 create mode 100644 scripts/nsdeps

-- 
2.18.0.203.gfac676dfb9-goog


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 134+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2019-10-01 19:37 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 134+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2018-07-16 12:21 [PATCH 0/6] Symbol namespaces Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 1/6] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 2/6] module: add support for symbol namespaces Martijn Coenen
2018-07-19 16:32   ` Jessica Yu
2018-07-20  7:54     ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-20 14:49       ` Jessica Yu
2018-07-20 15:42         ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-23 11:12           ` Jessica Yu
2018-07-24  7:44             ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-24  7:56   ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-25 15:55     ` Jessica Yu
2018-07-25 16:48       ` Lucas De Marchi
2018-07-26  7:44         ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 3/6] modpost: add support for checking " Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 4/6] modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies Martijn Coenen
2018-07-23  6:49   ` Jessica Yu
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 5/6] scripts: Coccinelle script for " Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 12:21 ` [PATCH 6/6] RFC: USB: storage: move symbols into USB_STORAGE namespace Martijn Coenen
2018-07-17 15:04   ` Alan Stern
2018-07-18 13:28     ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-16 15:33 ` [PATCH 0/6] Symbol namespaces Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-07-23 14:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-07-24  8:09   ` Martijn Coenen
2018-07-24  9:08     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-08-13 12:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/10] Symbol namespaces - RFC Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] module: support reading multiple values per modinfo tag Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:40     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:16   ` [PATCH v2 02/10] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:41     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 03/10] module: add support for symbol namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 15:26     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 04/10] modpost: " Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 15:27     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 05/10] module: add config option MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 18:17     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 20:15     ` Saravana Kannan
2019-08-14 12:54       ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-14 17:34         ` Saravana Kannan
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 06/10] export: allow definition default namespaces in Makefiles or sources Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 18:16     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 18:16     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 07/10] modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 18:21     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 08/10] scripts: Coccinelle script for " Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:31     ` Julia Lawall
2019-08-13 12:44     ` Greg KH
2019-08-14  6:36     ` [Cocci] " Himanshu Jha
2019-08-14  8:03       ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-15 13:50     ` [v2 " Markus Elfring
2019-08-22  9:18       ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-22 11:00         ` Markus Elfring
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 09/10] usb-storage: remove single-use define for debugging Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:42     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 13:12       ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:17   ` [PATCH v2 10/10] RFC: usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Matthias Maennich
2019-08-13 12:45     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 12:47     ` Greg KH
2019-08-13 15:02       ` Matthias Maennich
     [not found]   ` <20190821114955.12788-1-maennich@google.com>
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 01/11] module: support reading multiple values per modinfo tag Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 02/11] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 03/11] module: add support for symbol namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-08-27 15:37       ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-27 16:04         ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 04/11] modpost: " Matthias Maennich
2019-08-26 16:21       ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-27 14:41         ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-28  9:43           ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-28  9:55             ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-28 10:16               ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 05/11] module: add config option MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 06/11] export: allow definition default namespaces in Makefiles or sources Matthias Maennich
2019-08-28 10:49       ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-28 10:56         ` Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 07/11] modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 08/11] scripts: Coccinelle script for " Matthias Maennich
2019-08-22  6:09       ` [v3 " Markus Elfring
2019-08-29 12:13       ` [PATCH v3 " Jessica Yu
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 09/11] usb-storage: remove single-use define for debugging Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 12:37       ` Greg KH
2019-08-21 13:21       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 13:32         ` Greg KH
2019-08-21 11:49     ` [PATCH v3 10/11] RFC: usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Matthias Maennich
2019-08-21 12:38       ` Greg KH
2019-08-21 14:36         ` Jessica Yu
2019-08-21 23:13       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-22  8:32         ` Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06 ` [PATCH v4 00/12] Symbol Namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 01/12] module: support reading multiple values per modinfo tag Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 02/12] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 03/12] module: add support for symbol namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 04/12] modpost: " Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 05/12] module: add config option MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 06/12] export: allow definition default namespaces in Makefiles or sources Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 07/12] modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 08/12] scripts: Coccinelle script for " Matthias Maennich
2019-09-04  9:53     ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-09-05 14:46       ` Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 09/12] docs: Add documentation for Symbol Namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-09-04  7:16     ` Greg KH
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 10/12] usb-storage: remove single-use define for debugging Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 11/12] RFC: usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 15:06   ` [PATCH v4 12/12] RFC: watchdog: export core symbols in WATCHDOG_CORE namespace Matthias Maennich
2019-09-03 16:10     ` Guenter Roeck
2019-09-04  8:45       ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-09-04 12:12         ` Guenter Roeck
2019-09-04 16:16           ` [usb-storage] " Matthew Dharm
2019-09-05 10:41             ` Jessica Yu
2019-09-05 10:52               ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-09-05 11:16                 ` Jessica Yu
2019-09-05 11:25                   ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-09-05 12:00                     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-09-05 11:25               ` Matthias Maennich
2019-09-04  9:37   ` [PATCH v4 00/12] Symbol Namespaces Masahiro Yamada
2019-09-06 10:32 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] " Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 01/11] module: support reading multiple values per modinfo tag Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 02/11] export: explicitly align struct kernel_symbol Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 03/11] module: add support for symbol namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 04/11] modpost: " Matthias Maennich
2019-09-26 22:24     ` [PATCH] modpost: Copy namespace string into 'struct symbol' Shaun Ruffell
2019-09-27  5:31       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-09-27  8:03       ` Matthias Maennich
2019-09-30 21:20         ` Shaun Ruffell
2019-10-01 16:19           ` Matthias Maennich
2019-10-01 19:37             ` Shaun Ruffell
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 05/11] module: add config option MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 06/11] export: allow definition default namespaces in Makefiles or sources Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 07/11] modpost: add support for generating namespace dependencies Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 08/11] scripts: Coccinelle script for " Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 09/11] docs: Add documentation for Symbol Namespaces Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 10/11] usb-storage: remove single-use define for debugging Matthias Maennich
2019-09-06 12:59     ` Jessica Yu
2019-09-06 13:22       ` Greg KH
2019-09-06 10:32   ` [PATCH v5 11/11] usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Matthias Maennich
2019-09-09  8:35   ` [PATCH v5 00/11] Symbol Namespaces Jessica Yu

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).