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ae58de0f LDM |
1 | kmod 18 |
2 | ======= | |
3 | ||
4 | - Bug fixes: | |
5 | - Fix leaks in error paths | |
6 | - Fix use-after-free in hash implementation causing a wrong index to be | |
7 | generated by depmod with out-of-tree modules | |
8 | ||
9 | - New features: | |
10 | - Calling depmod with modules creating a dependency loop will now make | |
11 | depmod return an error and not update the indexes. This is to protect | |
12 | the current index not being overridden by another index that may cause | |
13 | a boot failure, depending on the buggy module. It's a necessary | |
14 | change in behavior regarding previous kmod releases and | |
15 | module-init-tools. The error message was also improved to output | |
16 | the modules that caused the dependency cycle. | |
17 | ||
18 | - Improvements to testsuite: | |
19 | - Fix and improve expected-fail test | |
20 | - Add tests for hashmap implementation | |
21 | ||
49d8e0b5 LDM |
22 | kmod 17 |
23 | ======= | |
24 | ||
25 | - Bug fixes: | |
26 | - Fix matching a "." in kernel cmdline, making garbage in the command | |
27 | line be parsed as kmod options | |
28 | - Fix man pages to clarify we don't fallback to parsing modules.dep | |
29 | but instead we depend on modules.dep.bin (generated by depmod) to | |
30 | be present | |
31 | - Fix ELF parsing on 32 bit systems assigning the wrong class. | |
32 | - Fix partial matches of search directives in depmod. Previously having | |
33 | a line in depmod.conf such as "search foo foobar built-in" would cause | |
34 | unpretictable results because foo is a partial match of foobar as well. | |
35 | - Fix unaligned access in modinfo when getting the signature from a | |
36 | module | |
37 | - Make sure softdeps are treated as optional dependencies | |
38 | ||
39 | - New features: | |
40 | - Accept special files given to "-C" switch in modprobe. This way it's | |
41 | possible to skip system configuration with "modprobe -C /dev/null" | |
42 | - Do not require xsltproc on released tarballs | |
43 | - Don't use Werror anymore | |
44 | - Add experimental python bindings, merged from python-kmod repository | |
45 | (https://github.com/agrover/python-kmod) | |
46 | - Parse softdeps exported by the kernel as | |
47 | /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.softdep | |
48 | ||
49 | - Improvements to testsuite: | |
50 | - Check the list of loaded modules after a test | |
51 | ||
7ab88044 LDM |
52 | kmod 16 |
53 | ======= | |
54 | ||
8f67ab53 LDM |
55 | - Bug fixes: |
56 | - Fix usage of readdir_r() | |
36c4bb92 | 57 | - Add some missing checks for memory allocation errors |
8f67ab53 | 58 | |
7ab88044 LDM |
59 | - New features: |
60 | - Remove option from libkmod to allow waiting on module removal if | |
61 | the module is being used. It's dangerous since it can block the | |
62 | caller indefinitely. | |
8f67ab53 LDM |
63 | - Improve compatibility with musl libc |
64 | - Add fallback implementation for compilers without _Static_assert(), | |
65 | e.g. gcc < 4.6 | |
66 | - Minor optimizations to the hash table | |
67 | - Make depmod warn if a module has incorrect devname specification | |
36c4bb92 | 68 | - Use cleanup attribute |
7ab88044 | 69 | |
b3e19ce9 LDM |
70 | kmod 15 |
71 | ======= | |
72 | ||
73 | - Bug fixes: | |
74 | - kmod static-nodes doesn't fail if modules.devname isn't available | |
18811d22 LDM |
75 | - Fix getting boolean parameter from kernel cmdline in case the value |
76 | is omitted | |
77 | - Fix some mkdir_p() corner cases (used in testsuite and static-nodes) | |
b3e19ce9 LDM |
78 | |
79 | - New features: | |
80 | - kmod static-nodes creates parent directories if given a -o option | |
18811d22 LDM |
81 | - kmod binary statically links to libkmod - if distro is only interested |
82 | in the kmod tool (for example in an initrd) it can refrain from | |
83 | installing the library | |
84 | - Add shell completion for kmod tool | |
b3e19ce9 | 85 | |
3b38c7fc LDM |
86 | kmod 14 |
87 | ======= | |
88 | ||
89 | - Bug fixes: | |
90 | - Fix some format strings | |
91 | - Protect against NULL being passed around to index | |
92 | - Avoid calling syscall() with -1 when finit_module() is not available, | |
93 | since this doesn't always work | |
94 | - Fix not being able to remove alias due to checking the module's | |
95 | refcount | |
96 | - Minor fixes and refactors | |
97 | ||
98 | - New features: | |
99 | - Improve libkmod documentation, particularly on how flags are dealt | |
100 | with. | |
101 | - Remove ability to build a static libkmod | |
102 | - Add static-nodes command to kmod that parses modules.devname | |
103 | generating output in useful formats | |
104 | ||
abb910eb LDM |
105 | kmod 13 |
106 | ======= | |
107 | ||
108 | - Bug fixes: | |
109 | - Add the long option --symbol-prefix option to depmod (it was absent) | |
110 | and fix its behavior | |
111 | - Don't abort if there's a bogus line in configuration file like "alias | |
112 | psmouse off". Some distros are carrying this since the days of | |
113 | modutils | |
114 | ||
115 | - New features: | |
116 | - Add support for finit_module(2). If the module is load straight from | |
117 | the disk and without compression we use finit_module() syscall when | |
118 | available, falling back to init_module() otherwise | |
119 | - kmod_module_get_info() also returns the signature if the module is | |
120 | signed and modinfo uses it | |
121 | - Use secure_getenv if available | |
122 | - rmmod understands builtin modules, just like modprobe does | |
123 | - Improve compatibility with musl-libc | |
124 | - Test cases exit with success when receiving a signal if they are | |
125 | xfail tests | |
126 | ||
6feba028 LDM |
127 | kmod 12 |
128 | ======= | |
129 | ||
130 | - Bug fixes: | |
131 | - Fix removing vermagic from module when told to force load a module | |
132 | - Fix removing __versions section when told to force load a module: we | |
133 | need to mangle the section header, not the section. | |
134 | - modinfo no longer fails while loading a module from file when path | |
135 | contains ".ko" substring | |
136 | ||
c599606f LDM |
137 | kmod 11 |
138 | ======= | |
139 | ||
140 | - Improvements to testsuite: | |
141 | - Fix testsuite defining symbols twice on 32 bit systems | |
142 | - Allow to check generated files against correct ones | |
143 | ||
144 | - New features: | |
145 | - libkmod now keeps a file opened after the first call to | |
146 | kmod_module_get_{info,versions,symbols,dependency_symbols}. This | |
147 | reduces signficantly the amount of time depmod tool takes to | |
148 | execute. Particularly if compressed modules are used. | |
149 | - Remove --with-rootprefix from build system. It was not a great idea | |
150 | after all and should not be use since it causes more harm then | |
151 | benefits. | |
152 | - Hide --wait option on rmmod. This feature is being targeted for | |
153 | removal from kernel. rmmod still accepts this option, but it's hidden | |
7ab88044 | 154 | now: man page and usage() say nothing about it and if it's used, |
c599606f LDM |
155 | user will get a 10s sleep. This way we can check and help if anyone |
156 | is using this feature. | |
157 | - Refactor message logging on all tools, giving proper prefix, routing | |
158 | everything to syslog when asked for, etc. | |
159 | ||
160 | - Bug fixes: | |
161 | - Fix parsing of modules.order when using compressed modules | |
162 | - Usage messages go to stdout instead of stderr | |
163 | - Fix memory leak in hash implementation | |
164 | ||
40758602 LDM |
165 | kmod 10 |
166 | ======= | |
167 | ||
168 | - New features: | |
169 | - Read coresize from /sys if supported | |
170 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
171 | - Add flag to kmod_module_probe_insert() to apply blacklisting during |
172 | probe only if mod is an alias. Now modprobe uses this flag by default. | |
40758602 | 173 | This is needed to fix a change in behavior regarding module-init-tools |
a7fbae03 | 174 | and ultimately makes us loading a blacklisted module. |
40758602 LDM |
175 | |
176 | - Better formatting in man pages | |
177 | ||
a7fbae03 | 178 | - Add option to disable building man pages at build time |
40758602 | 179 | |
a7fbae03 | 180 | - Fixes in the testsuite and refactoring of LDPRELOAD'ed libraries |
40758602 LDM |
181 | |
182 | - Re-licensing testsuite as LGPL | |
183 | ||
62081c0f LDM |
184 | kmod 9 |
185 | ====== | |
186 | ||
a7fbae03 | 187 | - Improvements to the testsuite: |
62081c0f LDM |
188 | - Check for correct handling of softdep loops |
189 | - Check for correct handling of install command loops | |
190 | ||
191 | - Bug fixes: | |
192 | - Fix build with compilers that don't support --gc-sections | |
a7fbae03 JE |
193 | - Handle errors when dealing with gzipped modules |
194 | - depmod now handles errors while writing indices, so it doesn't end up | |
195 | with a corrupted index without telling the user | |
62081c0f | 196 | |
46684bc2 LDM |
197 | kmod 8 |
198 | ====== | |
199 | ||
200 | - No new features, small bug fixes only. | |
a7fbae03 | 201 | - Fix a bug in "modprobe -c" output: be compatible with |
46684bc2 LDM |
202 | module-init-tools |
203 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
204 | - Give a useful error message when init_module fails due to bad |
205 | parameter or unknown symbols | |
46684bc2 LDM |
206 | |
207 | - Fix doc generation | |
208 | ||
8885ced0 LDM |
209 | kmod 7 |
210 | ====== | |
211 | ||
212 | - Re-order dirs for configuration files to match the change in systemd and | |
213 | udev: now the priority is: | |
214 | 1. /etc/modprobe.d | |
215 | 2. /run/modprobe.d | |
216 | 3. /lib/modprobe.d | |
217 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
218 | - Fix setting CFLAGS/LDFLAGS in build system. This prevented us from not |
219 | allowing the user to set his preferences. | |
8885ced0 LDM |
220 | |
221 | - Bug fixes: | |
222 | - Return same error codes of module-init-tools when removing modules | |
223 | with modprobe | |
224 | - Fix builtin output in "--show-depends" when target kernel is not the | |
225 | same of the running kernel | |
226 | - 'modprobe -r' always look at all command line arguments | |
227 | - Fix '-q' usage in modprobe | |
8885ced0 | 228 | |
26906fe7 LDM |
229 | kmod 6 |
230 | ====== | |
231 | ||
232 | - New API in libkmod: | |
233 | - kmod_module_apply_filter(): a generic function to apply filters in a | |
234 | list of modules. This deprecates the use of | |
235 | kmod_module_get_filtered_blacklist() | |
236 | ||
237 | - More tests in testsuite | |
238 | ||
239 | - Add compatibility with uClibc again | |
240 | ||
241 | - Lookup modules.builtin.bin to decide if a module is built in kernel | |
242 | ||
243 | - Downgrade some log messages so we don't annoy people with useless messages | |
244 | ||
245 | - Bug fixes: | |
246 | - Flag --ignore-loaded was not being properly handled | |
247 | - Infinite loop with softdeps | |
248 | - Infinite loop with dumb user configuration with install commands | |
249 | - Fix leak in index when there's a partial match | |
250 | ||
251 | - Move repository and tarballs to kernel.org | |
252 | ||
e479598b LDM |
253 | kmod 5 |
254 | ====== | |
255 | ||
256 | - Break libkmod's API to insert a module like modprobe does. It now accepts | |
257 | extra an extra argument to print its action and acceptable flags were | |
258 | sanitized. | |
259 | ||
260 | - Share more code between modprobe and libkmod: using the new version of | |
261 | kmod_module_probe_insert_module() it's possible to share a great amount of | |
262 | code between modprobe and libkmod | |
263 | ||
264 | - modprobe no longer works with paths: it only accepts module names and/or | |
265 | aliases now. | |
266 | ||
267 | - testsuite was added to repository, allowing automated tests to be run and | |
268 | easing the way bugs are reproduced. | |
269 | ||
270 | - modprobe: when dumping configuration ('-c' option) separate config | |
271 | and indexes by adding a commented line between them. | |
272 | ||
273 | - Fix bugs wrt normalizing aliases and module names | |
274 | ||
275 | - Fix bug wrt inserting an alias that resolves to multiple modules: we should | |
276 | not stop on the first error, but rather continue to try loading other | |
277 | modules. | |
278 | ||
279 | - Fix unaligned memory access in hash function, causing depmod to output wrong | |
280 | information in ARMv5 | |
281 | ||
282 | - Fix man page build and install: now they are only installed if tools are | |
283 | enabled | |
284 | ||
b53b7e32 LDM |
285 | kmod 4 |
286 | ====== | |
287 | ||
288 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
289 | - Get configuration lists: blacklists, install commands, remove | |
290 | commands, aliases, options and softdeps | |
291 | - Dump indexes | |
292 | ||
293 | - Several bugs fixed in libkmod, modprobe, depmod and modinfo | |
294 | ||
295 | - API documentation: if configure with run with --enable-gtk-doc, the API doc | |
296 | will be generated by make. Gtk-doc is required for that. | |
297 | ||
298 | - Man pages are built, which replace man pages from module-init-tools | |
299 | ||
300 | - 'include' and 'config' options in *.conf files were deprecated | |
301 | ||
302 | - configure is not run by autogen.sh. Instead, a common set of options is | |
303 | printed. If you are hacking on kmod, consider using bootstrap-configure | |
304 | script. | |
305 | ||
306 | - 'modprobe -c' works as expected now. As opposed to module-init-tools, it | |
307 | dumps the parsed configuration, not only the file contents. | |
308 | ||
b30a71b8 LDM |
309 | kmod 3 |
310 | ====== | |
311 | ||
312 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
313 | - Get symbols from module, parsing the ELF section | |
314 | - Get dependency symbols | |
315 | - Check if resources are still valid or if libkmod must be reloaded | |
316 | - Insert module like modprobe, checking (soft-)dependencies, commands, | |
317 | blacklist. It can run commands by itself and to call a callback | |
318 | function. | |
319 | ||
320 | - Support to load modules compressed with xz | |
321 | ||
322 | - Tools are now bundled together in a single tool called kmod. It can be | |
323 | called using symlinks with the same names as tools from module-init-tools. | |
324 | E.g: /usr/bin/lsmod -> /usr/bin/kmod. With this we are aiming to complete a | |
325 | 1:1 replacement of module-init-tools. | |
326 | ||
327 | - The only missing tool, depmod, was added to kmod together with the necessary | |
328 | APIs in libkmod. | |
329 | ||
330 | - If a program using libkmod runs for a long time, as for example udev, it must | |
331 | check if it doesn't have to re-load libkmod. A new helper function was added | |
332 | in libkmod to check if context is still valid and udev is already using it. | |
333 | ||
334 | - An 'unaligned access' bug was fixed. So those architecture that does not | |
335 | handle unaligned access can use kmod, too. | |
336 | ||
acc18b14 LDM |
337 | kmod 2 |
338 | ====== | |
339 | ||
340 | Some bugs fixed: the worst of them was with an infinite loop when an alias | |
341 | matched more than one module. | |
342 | ||
343 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
344 | - Get soft dependencies | |
345 | - Get info from module files parsing ELF | |
346 | - Get modversions from files parsing ELF | |
347 | ||
348 | - Support to load gzipped kernel modules: kmod can be compiled with support to | |
349 | gzipped modules by giving the --enable-zlib flag | |
350 | ||
351 | - Support to forcefully load modules, both vermagic and modversion | |
352 | ||
353 | - Support to force and nowait removal flags | |
354 | ||
355 | - Configuration files are parsed in the same order as modprobe: files are | |
356 | sorted alphabetically (independently of their dir) and files with the same | |
357 | name obey a precedence order | |
358 | ||
359 | - New tool: kmod-modinfo | |
360 | ||
361 | - kmod-modprobe gained several features to be a 1:1 replacement for modprobe. | |
362 | The only missing things are the options '--showconfig' and '-t / -l'. These | |
363 | last ones have been deprecated long ago and they will be removed from | |
364 | modprobe. A lot of effort has been put on kmod-modprobe to ensure it | |
365 | maintains compabitility with modprobe. | |
366 | ||
367 | - linux-modules@vger.kernel.org became the official mailing list for kmod | |
368 | ||
89eba7cb LDM |
369 | kmod 1 |
370 | ====== | |
ecd40ee4 | 371 | |
89eba7cb LDM |
372 | First version of kmod and its library, libkmod. |
373 | ||
374 | In the libkmod it's currently possible to: | |
375 | - List modules currently loaded | |
376 | - Get information about loaded modules such as initstate, refcount, | |
377 | holders, sections, address and size | |
378 | - Lookup modules by alias, module name or path | |
379 | - Insert modules: options from configuration and extra options can be | |
380 | passed, but flags are not implemented, yet | |
381 | - Remove modules | |
382 | - Filter list of modules using blacklist | |
383 | - For each module, get the its list of options and install/remove | |
384 | commands | |
385 | - Indexes can be loaded on startup to speedup lookups later | |
386 | ||
387 | Tools provided with the same set of options as in module-init-tools: | |
388 | - kmod-lsmod | |
389 | - kmod-insmod | |
390 | - kmod-rmmod | |
391 | - kmod-modprobe, with some functionality still missing (use of softdep, | |
392 | dump configuration, show modversions) |