module: Add comments describing how the "strmap" logic works
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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@ -2193,6 +2193,13 @@ static void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
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src = (void *)info->hdr + symsect->sh_offset;
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nsrc = symsect->sh_size / sizeof(*src);
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/*
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* info->strmap has a '1' bit for each byte of .strtab we want to
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* keep resident in mod->core_strtab. Everything else in .strtab
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* is unreferenced by the symbols in mod->core_symtab, and will be
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* discarded when add_kallsyms() compacts the string table.
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*/
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for (ndst = i = 1; i < nsrc; ++i, ++src)
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if (is_core_symbol(src, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum)) {
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unsigned int j = src->st_name;
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@ -2215,6 +2222,8 @@ static void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
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/* Append room for core symbols' strings at end of core part. */
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info->stroffs = mod->core_size;
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/* First strtab byte (and first symtab entry) are zeroes. */
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__set_bit(0, info->strmap);
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mod->core_size += bitmap_weight(info->strmap, strsect->sh_size);
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}
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