From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>,
masahiroy@kernel.org, ndesaulniers@google.com, ojeda@kernel.org,
gary@garyguo.net, mcgrof@kernel.org,
Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, neal@gompa.dev, marcan@marcan.st,
j@jannau.net, asahi@lists.linux.dev,
"Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@samsung.com>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/16] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 09:04:22 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87le0w2hop.fsf@mail.lhotse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240806212106.617164-15-mmaurer@google.com>
Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com> writes:
> Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate
> ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but
> could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a
> backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by
> old user tooling, unlike the current format where user tooling cannot
> tolerate adjustments to the format (for example making the name field
> longer).
>
> Since PPC munges its version records to strip leading dots, we reproduce
> the munging for the new format.
AFAICS the existing code only strips a single leading dot, not all
leading dots?
cheers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-16 23:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-06 21:20 [PATCH v3 00/16] Extended MODVERSIONS Support Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] module: Take const arg in validate_section_offset Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_ehdr Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_sechdrs Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_secstrings Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_info Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_mod Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_sym Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_index_str Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] module: Group section index calculations together Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_strtab Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] module: Additional validation in elf_validity_cache_strtab Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] module: Reformat struct for code style Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] export_report: Rehabilitate script Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info Matthew Maurer
2024-08-15 20:33 ` Sami Tolvanen
2024-08-16 23:04 ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2024-08-19 23:41 ` Matthew Maurer
2024-08-20 2:46 ` Michael Ellerman
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] modpost: Produce extended modversion information Matthew Maurer
2024-08-06 21:20 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] export_report: Use new version info format Matthew Maurer
2024-08-15 20:57 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] Extended MODVERSIONS Support Sami Tolvanen
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