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Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 33 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 058ba4e74250..57123594a7ca 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -2047,7 +2047,6 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL config MODULE_SIG bool "Module signature verification" - depends on MODULES select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION help Check modules for valid signatures upon load: the signature @@ -2124,7 +2123,6 @@ config MODULE_SIG_HASH config MODULE_COMPRESS bool "Compress modules on installation" - depends on MODULES help Compresses kernel modules when 'make modules_install' is run; gzip or @@ -2160,9 +2158,38 @@ config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ endchoice +config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS + bool "Allow loading of modules with missing namespace imports" + help + Symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS*() are considered exported in + a namespace. A module that makes use of a symbol exported with such a + namespace is required to import the namespace via MODULE_IMPORT_NS(). + There is no technical reason to enforce correct namespace imports, + but it creates consistency between symbols defining namespaces and + users importing namespaces they make use of. This option relaxes this + requirement and lifts the enforcement when loading a module. + + If unsure, say N. + +config UNUSED_SYMBOLS + bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" + default y if X86 + help + Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For + that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This + option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case + some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you + encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually + using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using + this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the + wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a + mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why + you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for + your module is. + config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols" - depends on MODULES && !UNUSED_SYMBOLS + depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS help The kernel and some modules make many symbols available for other modules to use via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and variants. Depending |