Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.kernel > #1533977

Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm

From Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.kernel, linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm
Date 2016-12-01 12:30 +0100
Message-ID <sJxpv-35i-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <sIXm1-4RO-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <sJhE5-17j-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <sJi77-1gR-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <sJr0J-7gF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <sJx6a-2JW-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization IBM

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:48:09 +0100
Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 12/01/2016 05:13 AM, Don Zickus wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > I think GregKH pointed to one such tool, libabigail?  We are working on
> > others too.  
> 
> I should mention one of the others here:
> https://github.com/skozina/kabi-dw
> 
> It's quite comparable to libabigail in the way it works, the main 
> differences are:
>   - written in pure C
>   - depends only on elf-utils and flex/yacc
>   - it's much simpler (4k LOC)
>   - stores the type information in the text files and compares those 
> instead of directly comparing two sets of DWARF data

Now this seems much better for distro ABI checking.

The next question is, do they need any kernel support for rare cases
where they do have to break the ABI of an export? Simple rename of the
function with a _v2 postfix might be enough. We could retain some per
symbol versioning in the kernel if needed, but how much would it
actually help?

Thanks,
Nick

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-25 19:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-11-26 02:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-29 02:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 03:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 10:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 05:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 14:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-29 14:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 15:30 +0100
        [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 15:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 16:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 17:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-29 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 22:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-30 20:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-30 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 03:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-01 03:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 05:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2016-12-02 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 05:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-10 14:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 05:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 05:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 17:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 20:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-12-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 05:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 09:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 17:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-09 17:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 12:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 12:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 14:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-01 16:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 18:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 18:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-01 15:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-01 19:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-12-02 14:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-02 16:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-12-02 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 18:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-03 05:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-03 12:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-04 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 22:50 +0100

csiph-web