@@ -73,4 +73,26 @@ bool module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name, bool mayfail);
void module_load_qom_one(const char *type);
void module_load_qom_all(void);
+/*
+ * macros to store module metadata in a .modinfo section.
+ * qemu-modinfo utility will collect the metadata.
+ *
+ * Use "objdump -t -s -j .modinfo ${module}.so" to inspect.
+ */
+
+#define ___PASTE(a, b) a##b
+#define __PASTE(a, b) ___PASTE(a, b)
+
+#define modinfo(kind, value) \
+ static const char __PASTE(kind, __LINE__)[] \
+ __attribute__((__used__)) \
+ __attribute__((section(".modinfo"))) \
+ __attribute__((aligned(1))) \
+ = stringify(kind) "=" value
+
+#define module_obj(name) modinfo(obj, name)
+#define module_dep(name) modinfo(dep, name)
+#define module_arch(name) modinfo(arch, name)
+#define module_opts(name) modinfo(opts, name)
+
#endif
@@ -2522,6 +2522,7 @@ static const TypeInfo qxl_primary_info = {
.parent = TYPE_PCI_QXL,
.class_init = qxl_primary_class_init,
};
+module_obj("qxl-vga");
static void qxl_secondary_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
{
@@ -2538,6 +2539,7 @@ static const TypeInfo qxl_secondary_info = {
.parent = TYPE_PCI_QXL,
.class_init = qxl_secondary_class_init,
};
+module_obj("qxl");
static void qxl_register_types(void)
{
@@ -2547,3 +2549,5 @@ static void qxl_register_types(void)
}
type_init(qxl_register_types)
+
+module_dep("ui-spice-core");
Stealing an idea from the linux kernel: Place module metadata in an .modinfo elf section. This patch adds macros and qxl module annotations as example. Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> --- include/qemu/module.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ hw/display/qxl.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)