From 9cb610d8e35fe3ec95a2fe2030b02f85aeea83c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rusty Russell Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:05:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] module: remove the SHF_ALLOC flag on the __versions section. Impact: reduce kernel memory usage This patch just takes off the SHF_ALLOC flag on __versions so we don't keep them around after module load. This saves about 7% of module memory if CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y. Cc: Shawn Bohrer Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- kernel/module.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 599fc85bd2cc..784bf6d8f8c4 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1961,6 +1961,9 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, if (strncmp(secstrings+sechdrs[i].sh_name, ".exit", 5) == 0) sechdrs[i].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC; #endif + /* Don't keep __versions around; it's just for loading. */ + if (strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, "__versions") == 0) + sechdrs[i].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC; } modindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,