Re: [PATCH v5] modpost: check for static EXPORT_SYMBOL* functions

Masahiro Yamada
2019-08-13T16:08:13Z

Hi Denis,

On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 12:12 AM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:07 PM Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com> wrote:
> >
> > This patch adds a check to warn about static EXPORT_SYMBOL* functions
> > during the modpost. In most of the cases, a static symbol marked for
> > exporting is an odd combination that should be fixed either by deleting
> > the exporting mark or by removing the static attribute and adding the
> > appropriate declaration to headers.
> >
> > This check could help to detect the following problems:
> > 1. 550113d4e9f5 ("i2c: add newly exported functions to the header, too")
> > 2. 54638c6eaf44 ("net: phy: make exported variables non-static")
> > 3. 98ef2046f28b ("mm: remove the exporting of totalram_pages")
> > 4. 73df167c819e ("s390/zcrypt: remove the exporting of ap_query_configuration")
> > 5. a57caf8c527f ("sunrpc/cache: remove the exporting of cache_seq_next")
> > 6. e4e4730698c9 ("crypto: skcipher - remove the exporting of skcipher_walk_next")
> > 7. 14b4c48bb1ce ("gve: Remove the exporting of gve_probe")
> > 8. 9b79ee9773a8 ("scsi: libsas: remove the exporting of sas_wait_eh")
> > 9. ...
> >
> > The build time impact is very limited and is almost at the unnoticeable
> > level (< 1 sec).
> >
> > Acked-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
> > ---
>
> Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.

I noticed this patch produces false-positive warnings
for external module build.

When I built my external module, it showed the following,
the last five are false positives.

make[1]: Entering directory '/home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 2 modules
WARNING: "drm_client_close" [vmlinux] is a static EXPORT_SYMBOL
WARNING: "ahci_em_messages" [vmlinux] is a static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "ftrace_set_clr_event" [vmlinux] is a static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "nf_log_dump_packet_common" [net/netfilter/nf_log_common] is
a static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "nf_log_l2packet" [net/netfilter/nf_log_common] is a static
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "nf_log_dump_sk_uid_gid" [net/netfilter/nf_log_common] is a
static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "nf_log_dump_udp_header" [net/netfilter/nf_log_common] is a
static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
WARNING: "nf_log_dump_tcp_header" [net/netfilter/nf_log_common] is a
static EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild'

I squashed the following fix-up.

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 3e6d36ddfcdf..2773f9f9bae2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2386,6 +2386,7 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname,
unsigned int kernel)
s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, export_no(export));
s->kernel = kernel;
s->preloaded = 1;
+ s->is_static = 0;
sym_update_crc(symname, mod, crc, export_no(export));
}
release_file(file, size);

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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada