[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()

This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the
future, so that kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")
and use the symbols, will be flagged and printed out to the system log.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ac9de2661c0b..a331cc90797c 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ SECTIONS {
                 *(__ksymtab_gpl)
                 __stop___ksymtab_gpl = .;
 
+                /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future symbols */
+                __start___ksymtab_gpl_future = .;
+                *(__ksymtab_gpl_future)
+                __stop___ksymtab_gpl_future = .;
+
                 /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */
                 __start___kcrctab = .;
                 *(__kcrctab)
@@ -279,6 +284,11 @@ SECTIONS {
                 *(__kcrctab_gpl)
                 __stop___kcrctab_gpl = .;
 
+                /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future symbols */
+                __start___kcrctab_gpl_future = .;
+                *(__kcrctab_gpl_future)
+                __stop___kcrctab_gpl_future = .;
+
                 /* Kernel symbol table: strings */
                 *(__ksymtab_strings)
 
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5be05f47109e..5b2ffcc6e2b2 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
                 ___start___ksymtab_gpl = .;                                   \
                         *(__ksymtab_gpl)                                      \
                 ___stop___ksymtab_gpl = .;                                    \
+                /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future symbols */                 \
+                ___start___ksymtab_gpl_future = .;                            \
+                        *(__ksymtab_gpl_future)                               \
+                ___stop___ksymtab_gpl_future = .;                             \
                 /* Kernel symbol table: strings */                            \
                         *(__ksymtab_strings)                                  \
                 /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */                     \
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@
                 ___start___kcrctab_gpl = .;                                   \
                         *(__kcrctab_gpl)                                      \
                 ___stop___kcrctab_gpl = .;                                    \
+                /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future symbols */                 \
+                ___start___kcrctab_gpl_future = .;                            \
+                        *(__kcrctab_gpl_future)                               \
+                ___stop___kcrctab_gpl_future = .;                             \
                 /* Built-in module parameters */                              \
                 . = ALIGN (4) ;                                               \
                 ___start___param = .;                                         \