module.h

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/*
 * Dynamic loading of modules into the kernel.
 *
 * Rewritten by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu> Dec 1996
 */

#ifndef _LINUX_MODULE_H
#define _LINUX_MODULE_H

#include <linux/config.h>

#ifdef __GENKSYMS__
#  define _set_ver(sym) sym
#  undef  MODVERSIONS
#  define MODVERSIONS
#else /* ! __GENKSYMS__ */
# if !defined(MODVERSIONS) && defined(EXPORT_SYMTAB)
#   define _set_ver(sym) sym
#   include <linux/modversions.h>
# endif
#endif /* __GENKSYMS__ */

#include <asm/atomic.h>

/* Don't need to bring in all of uaccess.h just for this decl.  */
struct exception_table_entry;

/* Used by get_kernel_syms, which is obsolete.  */
struct kernel_sym
{
        unsigned long value;
        char name[60];          /* should have been 64-sizeof(long); oh well */
};

struct module_symbol
{
        unsigned long value;
        const char *name;
};

struct module_ref
{
        struct module *dep;     /* "parent" pointer */
        struct module *ref;     /* "child" pointer */
        struct module_ref *next_ref;
};

/* TBD */
struct module_persist;

struct module
{
        unsigned long size_of_struct;   /* == sizeof(module) */
        struct module *next;
        const char *name;
        unsigned long size;

        union
        {
                atomic_t usecount;
                long pad;
        } uc;                           /* Needs to keep its size - so says rth */

        unsigned long flags;            /* AUTOCLEAN et al */

        unsigned nsyms;
        unsigned ndeps;

        struct module_symbol *syms;
        struct module_ref *deps;
        struct module_ref *refs;
        int (*init)(void);
        void (*cleanup)(void);
        const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_start;
        const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_end;
#ifdef __alpha__
        unsigned long gp;
#endif
        /* Members past this point are extensions to the basic
           module support and are optional.  Use mod_opt_member()
           to examine them.  */
        const struct module_persist *persist_start;
        const struct module_persist *persist_end;
        int (*can_unload)(void);
};

struct module_info
{
        unsigned long addr;
        unsigned long size;
        unsigned long flags;
        long usecount;
};

/* Bits of module.flags.  */

#define MOD_UNINITIALIZED       0
#define MOD_RUNNING             1
#define MOD_DELETED             2
#define MOD_AUTOCLEAN           4
#define MOD_VISITED             8
#define MOD_USED_ONCE           16
#define MOD_JUST_FREED          32
#define MOD_INITIALIZING        64

/* Values for query_module's which.  */

#define QM_MODULES      1
#define QM_DEPS         2
#define QM_REFS         3
#define QM_SYMBOLS      4
#define QM_INFO         5

/* Can the module be queried? */
#define MOD_CAN_QUERY(mod) (((mod)->flags & (MOD_RUNNING | MOD_INITIALIZING)) && !((mod)->flags & MOD_DELETED))

/* When struct module is extended, we must test whether the new member
   is present in the header received from insmod before we can use it.  
   This function returns true if the member is present.  */

#define mod_member_present(mod,member)                                  \
        ((unsigned long)(&((struct module *)0L)->member + 1)            \
         <= (mod)->size_of_struct)

/* Backwards compatibility definition.  */

#define GET_USE_COUNT(module)   (atomic_read(&(module)->uc.usecount))

/* Poke the use count of a module.  */

#define __MOD_INC_USE_COUNT(mod)                                        \
        (atomic_inc(&(mod)->uc.usecount), (mod)->flags |= MOD_VISITED|MOD_USED_ONCE)
#define __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT(mod)                                        \
        (atomic_dec(&(mod)->uc.usecount), (mod)->flags |= MOD_VISITED)
#define __MOD_IN_USE(mod)                                               \
        (mod_member_present((mod), can_unload) && (mod)->can_unload     \
         ? (mod)->can_unload() : atomic_read(&(mod)->uc.usecount))

extern int try_inc_mod_count(struct module *mod);
/* Indirect stringification.  */

#define __MODULE_STRING_1(x)    #x
#define __MODULE_STRING(x)      __MODULE_STRING_1(x)

/* Find a symbol exported by the kernel or another module */
#ifndef CONFIG_MODULES
static inline unsigned long get_module_symbol(char *A, char *B) { return 0; };
#else
extern unsigned long get_module_symbol(char *, char *);
#endif
#if defined(MODULE) && !defined(__GENKSYMS__)

/* Embedded module documentation macros.  */

/* For documentation purposes only.  */

#define MODULE_AUTHOR(name)                                                \
const char __module_author[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =        \
"author=" name

#define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(desc)                                           \
const char __module_description[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =   \
"description=" desc

/* Could potentially be used by kmod...  */

#define MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(dev)                                       \
const char __module_device[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =        \
"device=" dev

/* Used to verify parameters given to the module.  The TYPE arg should
   be a string in the following format:
        [min[-max]]{b,h,i,l,s}
   The MIN and MAX specifiers delimit the length of the array.  If MAX
   is omitted, it defaults to MIN; if both are omitted, the default is 1.
   The final character is a type specifier:
        b       byte
        h       short
        i       int
        l       long
        s       string
*/

/* Dummy macro for 2.2/2.4 compatibility */
#define MODULE_LICENSE(var)

#define MODULE_PARM(var,type)                   \
const char __module_parm_##var[]                \
__attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =          \
"parm_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" type

#define MODULE_PARM_DESC(var,desc)              \
const char __module_parm_desc_##var[]           \
__attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =          \
"parm_desc_" __MODULE_STRING(var) "=" desc

/* The attributes of a section are set the first time the section is
   seen; we want .modinfo to not be allocated.  */

__asm__(".section .modinfo\n\t.previous");

/* Define the module variable, and usage macros.  */
extern struct module __this_module;

#define THIS_MODULE             (&__this_module)
#define MOD_INC_USE_COUNT       __MOD_INC_USE_COUNT(&__this_module)
#define MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT       __MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT(&__this_module)
#define MOD_IN_USE              __MOD_IN_USE(&__this_module)

#ifndef __NO_VERSION__
#include <linux/version.h>
const char __module_kernel_version[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =
"kernel_version=" UTS_RELEASE;
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
const char __module_using_checksums[] __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) =
"using_checksums=1";
#endif
#endif

#else /* MODULE */

#define MODULE_AUTHOR(name)
#define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(desc)
#define MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(name)
#define MODULE_LICENSE(var)
#define MODULE_PARM(var,type)
#define MODULE_PARM_DESC(var,desc)
#define THIS_MODULE             NULL

#ifndef __GENKSYMS__

#define MOD_INC_USE_COUNT       do { } while (0)
#define MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT       do { } while (0)
#define MOD_IN_USE              1

extern struct module *module_list;

#endif /* !__GENKSYMS__ */

#endif /* MODULE */

/* Export a symbol either from the kernel or a module.

   In the kernel, the symbol is added to the kernel's global symbol table.

   In a module, it controls which variables are exported.  If no
   variables are explicitly exported, the action is controled by the
   insmod -[xX] flags.  Otherwise, only the variables listed are exported.
   This obviates the need for the old register_symtab() function.  */

#if defined(__GENKSYMS__)

/* We want the EXPORT_SYMBOL tag left intact for recognition.  */

#elif !defined(AUTOCONF_INCLUDED)

#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym,str)   error config_must_be_included_before_module
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)         error config_must_be_included_before_module
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS(var)  error config_must_be_included_before_module

#elif !defined(CONFIG_MODULES)

#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym,str)
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS(var)

#elif !defined(EXPORT_SYMTAB)

/* If things weren't set up in the Makefiles to get EXPORT_SYMTAB defined,
   then they weren't set up to run genksyms properly so MODVERSIONS breaks.  */
#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym,str)   error EXPORT_SYMTAB_not_defined
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)         error EXPORT_SYMTAB_not_defined
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS(var)  error EXPORT_SYMTAB_not_defined

#else

#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, str)                       \
const char __kstrtab_##sym[]                            \
__attribute__((section(".kstrtab"))) = str;             \
const struct module_symbol __ksymtab_##sym              \
__attribute__((section("__ksymtab"))) =                 \
{ (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }

#if defined(MODVERSIONS) || !defined(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS)
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)  __EXPORT_SYMBOL(var, __MODULE_STRING(var))
#else
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)  __EXPORT_SYMBOL(var, __MODULE_STRING(__VERSIONED_SYMBOL(var)))
#endif

#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS(var)  __EXPORT_SYMBOL(var, __MODULE_STRING(var))

#endif /* __GENKSYMS__ */

#ifdef MODULE
/* Force a module to export no symbols.  */
#define EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS  __asm__(".section __ksymtab\n.previous")
#else
#define EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS
#endif /* MODULE */

#endif /* _LINUX_MODULE_H */

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