CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.

2013-03-15T04:39:43+00:00

We have CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX, which three archs define to the string
"_".  But Al Viro broke this in "consolidate cond_syscall and
SYSCALL_ALIAS declarations" (in linux-next), and he's not the first to
do so.

Using CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is awkward, since we usually just want to
prefix it so something.  So various places define helpers which are
defined to nothing if CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX isn't set:

1) include/asm-generic/unistd.h defines __SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h defines VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym)
3) include/linux/export.h defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
4) include/linux/kernel.h defines SYMBOL_PREFIX (which differs from #7)
5) kernel/modsign_certificate.S defines ASM_SYMBOL(sym)
6) scripts/modpost.c defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
7) scripts/Makefile.lib defines SYMBOL_PREFIX on the commandline if
   CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is set, so that we have a non-string version
   for pasting.

(arch/h8300/include/asm/linkage.h defines SYMBOL_NAME(), too).

Let's solve this properly:
1) No more generic prefix, just CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) Make linux/export.h usable from asm.
3) Define VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR().
4) Make everyone use them.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell 
Reviewed-by: James Hogan 
Tested-by: James Hogan  (metag)

MODSIGN: Avoid using .incbin in C source

2012-12-14T02:36:44+00:00

Using the asm .incbin statement in C sources breaks any gcc wrapper which
assumes that preprocessed C source is self-contained. Use a separate .S
file to include the siging key and certificate.

[ This means we no longer need SYMBOL_PREFIX which is defined in kernel.h
  from cbdbf2abb7844548a7d7a6a2ae7af6b6fbcea401, so I removed it -- RR ]

Tested-by: Michal Marek 
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai 
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell 
Acked-by: James Hogan

linux-toradex.git/kernel/modsign_certificate.S, branch v3.10.2

CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.

MODSIGN: Avoid using .incbin in C source