1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 8b17fd8c790d..50efcd3ae850 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ struct module_attribute {
         void (*free)(struct module *);
 };
 
+struct module_version_attribute {
+        struct module_attribute mattr;
+        const char *module_name;
+        const char *version;
+};
+
 struct module_kobject
 {
         struct kobject kobj;
@@ -161,7 +167,28 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
   Using this automatically adds a checksum of the .c files and the
   local headers in "srcversion".
 */
+
+#ifdef MODULE
 #define MODULE_VERSION(_version) MODULE_INFO(version, _version)
+#else
+#define MODULE_VERSION(_version)                                        \
+        extern ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *, \
+                                             struct module *, char *);  \
+        static struct module_version_attribute __modver_version_attr    \
+        __used                                                          \
+    __attribute__ ((__section__ ("__modver"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
+        = {                                                             \
+                .mattr  = {                                             \
+                        .attr   = {                                     \
+                                .name   = "version",                    \
+                                .mode   = S_IRUGO,                      \
+                        },                                              \
+                        .show   = __modver_version_show,                \
+                },                                                      \
+                .module_name    = KBUILD_MODNAME,                       \
+                .version        = _version,                             \
+        }
+#endif
 
 /* Optional firmware file (or files) needed by the module
  * format is simply firmware file name.  Multiple firmware