include/linux/moduleloader.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/moduleloader.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/linux/moduleloader.h
Extension
.h
Size
3834 bytes
Lines
126
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
Core Kernel Interface
Inferred role
Core OS: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

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#ifndef _LINUX_MODULELOADER_H
#define _LINUX_MODULELOADER_H
/* The stuff needed for archs to support modules. */

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>

/* These may be implemented by architectures that need to hook into the
 * module loader code.  Architectures that don't need to do anything special
 * can just rely on the 'weak' default hooks defined in kernel/module.c.
 * Note, however, that at least one of apply_relocate or apply_relocate_add
 * must be implemented by each architecture.
 */

/* arch may override to do additional checking of ELF header architecture */
bool module_elf_check_arch(Elf_Ehdr *hdr);

/* Adjust arch-specific sections.  Return 0 on success.  */
int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
			      Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
			      char *secstrings,
			      struct module *mod);

/* Additional bytes needed by arch in front of individual sections */
unsigned int arch_mod_section_prepend(struct module *mod, unsigned int section);

/* Determines if the section name is an init section (that is only used during
 * module loading).
 */
bool module_init_section(const char *name);

/* Determines if the section name is an exit section (that is only used during
 * module unloading)
 */
bool module_exit_section(const char *name);

/* Describes whether within_module_init() will consider this an init section
 * or not. This behaviour changes with CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD.
 */
bool module_init_layout_section(const char *sname);

/*
 * Apply the given relocation to the (simplified) ELF.  Return -error
 * or 0.
 */
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
int apply_relocate(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
		   const char *strtab,
		   unsigned int symindex,
		   unsigned int relsec,
		   struct module *mod);
#else
static inline int apply_relocate(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
				 const char *strtab,
				 unsigned int symindex,
				 unsigned int relsec,
				 struct module *me)
{
	printk(KERN_ERR "module %s: REL relocation unsupported\n",
	       module_name(me));
	return -ENOEXEC;
}
#endif

/*
 * Apply the given add relocation to the (simplified) ELF.  Return
 * -error or 0
 */
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
		       const char *strtab,
		       unsigned int symindex,
		       unsigned int relsec,
		       struct module *mod);
#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
/*
 * Some architectures (namely x86_64 and ppc64) perform sanity checks when
 * applying relocations.  If a patched module gets unloaded and then later
 * reloaded (and re-patched), klp re-applies relocations to the replacement
 * function(s).  Any leftover relocations from the previous loading of the
 * patched module might trigger the sanity checks.
 *
 * To prevent that, when unloading a patched module, clear out any relocations
 * that might trigger arch-specific sanity checks on a future module reload.
 */
void clear_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
		   const char *strtab,
		   unsigned int symindex,
		   unsigned int relsec,
		   struct module *me);

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