Extract the common MODULE_INFO content found in both module.h and
moduleparam.h into a new header file moduleinfo.h, which at least
makes it possible for source files to someday stop including the
content from moduleparam.h when they don't need it.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
---
compile-tested with "make allmodconfig" on x86.
include/linux/module.h | 12 +++---------
include/linux/moduleinfo.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/moduleparam.h | 16 +++++-----------
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index e6e0f86..d9a9a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
-#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h> /* Ideally, this shouldn't be necessary. */
+#include <linux/moduleinfo.h>
#include <asm/local.h>
#include <asm/module.h>
@@ -88,9 +89,6 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
#define THIS_MODULE ((struct module *)0)
#endif
-/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */
-#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info)
-
/* For userspace: you can also call me... */
#define MODULE_ALIAS(_alias) MODULE_INFO(alias, _alias)
@@ -130,11 +128,6 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
/* What your module does. */
#define MODULE_DESCRIPTION(_description) MODULE_INFO(description, _description)
-/* One for each parameter, describing how to use it. Some files do
- multiple of these per line, so can't just use MODULE_INFO. */
-#define MODULE_PARM_DESC(_parm, desc) \
- __MODULE_INFO(parm, _parm, #_parm ":" desc)
-
#define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type,name) \
MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(type##_device,name)
@@ -576,6 +569,7 @@ struct device_driver;
struct module;
extern struct kset module_subsys;
+struct kernel_param;
int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod);
int mod_sysfs_setup(struct module *mod,
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleinfo.h b/include/linux/moduleinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cee86a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/moduleinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_MODULEINFO_H
+#define _LINUX_MODULEINFO_H
+
+#ifdef MODULE
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+#define ___module_cat(a,b) __mod_ ## a ## b
+#define __module_cat(a,b) ___module_cat(a,b)
+#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info) \
+static const char __module_cat(name,__LINE__)[] \
+ __attribute_used__ \
+ __attribute__((section(".modinfo"),unused)) = __stringify(tag) "=" info
+#else /* !MODULE */
+#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)
+#endif
+
+#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info)
+
+#endif // _LINUX_MODULEINFO_H
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index c83588c..650328d 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/moduleinfo.h>
/* You can override this manually, but generally this should match the
module name. */
@@ -13,19 +14,12 @@
#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
#endif
-#ifdef MODULE
-#define ___module_cat(a,b) __mod_ ## a ## b
-#define __module_cat(a,b) ___module_cat(a,b)
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info) \
-static const char __module_cat(name,__LINE__)[] \
- __attribute_used__ \
- __attribute__((section(".modinfo"),unused)) = __stringify(tag) "=" info
-#else /* !MODULE */
-#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)
-#endif
-#define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type) \
+#define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type) \
__MODULE_INFO(parmtype, name##type, #name ":" _type)
+#define MODULE_PARM_DESC(_parm, desc) \
+ __MODULE_INFO(parm, _parm, #_parm ":" desc)
+
struct kernel_param;
/* Returns 0, or -errno. arg is in kp->arg. */
--
========================================================================
Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
========================================================================
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