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The modules.builtin.ranges offset range data for builtin modules is
generated at compile time based on the list of built-in modules and
the vmlinux.map and vmlinux.o.map linker maps. This data can be used
to determine whether a symbol at a particular address belongs to
module code that was configured to be compiled into the kernel proper
as a built-in module (rather than as a standalone module).
This patch adds a script that uses the generated modules.builtin.ranges
data to annotate the symbols in the System.map with module names if
their address falls within a range that belongs to one or more built-in
modules.
It then processes the vmlinux.map (and if needed, vmlinux.o.map) to
verify the annotation:
- For each top-level section:
- For each object in the section:
- Determine whether the object is part of a built-in module
(using modules.builtin and the .*.cmd file used to compile
the object as suggested in [0])
- For each symbol in that object, verify that the built-in
module association (or lack thereof) matches the annotation
given to the symbol.
Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.