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[ Upstream commit 1b6170ff7a203a5e8354f19b7839fe8b897a9c0d ] Currently Rust kernel modules have their init code placed in the `.text` section of the .ko file. I don't think this causes any real problems for Rust modules as long as all code called during initialization lives in `.text`. However, if a Rust `init_module()` function (that lives in `.text`) calls a function marked with `__init` (in C) or `#[link_section = ".init.text"]` (in Rust), then a warning is generated by modpost because that function lives in `.init.text`. For example: WARNING: modpost: fs/bcachefs/bcachefs: section mismatch in reference: init_module+0x6 (section: .text) -> _RNvXCsj7d3tFpT5JS_15bcachefs_moduleNtB2_8BcachefsNtCsjDtqRIL3JAG_6kernel6Module4init (section: .init.text) I ran into this while experimenting with converting the bcachefs kernel module from C to Rust. The module's `init()`, written in Rust, calls C functions like `bch2_vfs_init()` which are placed in `.init.text`. This patch places the macro-generated `init_module()` Rust function in the `.init.text` section. It also marks `init_module()` as unsafe--now it may not be called after module initialization completes because it may be freed already. Note that this is not enough on its own to actually get all the module initialization code in that section. The module author must still add the `#[link_section = ".init.text"]` attribute to the Rust `init()` in the `impl kernel::Module` block in order to then call `__init` functions. However, this patch enables module authors do so, when previously it would not be possible (without warnings). Signed-off-by: Thomas Bertschinger <tahbertschinger@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240206153806.567055-1-tahbertschinger@gmail.com [ Reworded title to add prefix. ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Stable-dep-of: 7044dcff8301 ("rust: macros: fix soundness issue in `module!` macro") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.