modpost: extract symbol versions from *.cmd files
Currently, CONFIG_MODVERSIONS needs extra link to embed the symbol versions into ELF objects. Then, modpost extracts the version CRCs from them. The following figures show how it currently works, and how I am trying to change it. Current implementation ====================== |----------| embed CRC -------------------------->| final | $(CC) $(LD) / |---------| | link for | -----> *.o -------> *.o -->| modpost | | vmlinux | / / | |-- *.mod.c -->| or | / genksyms / |---------| | module | *.c ------> *.symversions |----------| Genksyms outputs the calculated CRCs in the form of linker script (*.symversions), which is used by $(LD) to update the object. If CONFIG_LTO_CLANG=y, the build process is much more complex. Embedding the CRCs is postponed until the LLVM bitcode is converted into ELF, creating another intermediate *.prelink.o. However, this complexity is unneeded. There is no reason why we must embed version CRCs in objects so early. There is final link stage for vmlinux (scripts/link-vmlinux.sh) and modules (scripts/Makefile.modfinal). We can link CRCs at the very last moment. New implementation ================== |----------| --------------------------------------->| final | $(CC) / |---------| | link for | -----> *.o ---->| | | vmlinux | / | modpost |--- .vmlinux.export.c -->| or | / genksyms | |--- *.mod.c ------------>| module | *.c ------> *.cmd -->|---------| |----------| Pass the symbol versions to modpost as separate text data, which are available in *.cmd files. This commit changes modpost to extract CRCs from *.cmd files instead of from ELF objects. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> # LLVM-14 (x86-64)
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