Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
  params.c: Use new strtobool function to process boolean inputs
  debugfs: move to new strtobool
  Add a strtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents
  modpost: Update 64k section support for binutils 2.18.50
  module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()
  module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution
  lib: Add generic binary search function to the kernel.
  module: Sort exported symbols
  module: each_symbol_section instead of each_symbol
  module: split unset_section_ro_nx function.
  module: undo module RONX protection correctly.
  module: zero mod->init_ro_size after init is freed.
  minor ANSI prototype sparse fix
  module: reorder kparam_array to remove alignment padding on 64 bit builds
  module: remove 64 bit alignment padding from struct module with CONFIG_TRACE*
  module: do not hide __modver_version_show declaration behind ifdef
  module: deal with alignment issues in built-in module versions

16 files changed, 237 insertions, 127 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 43a5c78046db..3e20383d0921 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable);
 int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
+int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 
 #endif /* _S390_CACHEFLUSH_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c
index 0607e4b14b27..f05edcc3beff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_nx);
+
+int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 89d394d8fe24..568304d058a3 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -429,25 +429,16 @@ static ssize_t write_file_bool(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 {
 	char buf[32];
 	int buf_size;
+	bool bv;
 	u32 *val = file->private_data;
 
 	buf_size = min(count, (sizeof(buf)-1));
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, buf_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	switch (buf[0]) {
-	case 'y':
-	case 'Y':
-	case '1':
-		*val = 1;
-		break;
-	case 'n':
-	case 'N':
-	case '0':
-		*val = 0;
-		break;
-	}
-	
+	if (strtobool(buf, &bv) == 0)
+		*val = bv;
+
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index bd297a20ab98..b27445e00b6c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -274,70 +274,70 @@
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
 	__ksymtab         : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab) = .;			\
-		*(__ksymtab)						\
+		*(SORT(___ksymtab+*))					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab) = .;			\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
 	__ksymtab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
-		*(__ksymtab_gpl)					\
+		*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*))				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_unused  : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused) = .;		\
-		*(__ksymtab_unused)					\
+		*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused+*))				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
-		*(__ksymtab_unused_gpl)					\
+		*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl+*))			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .;	\
-		*(__ksymtab_gpl_future)					\
+		*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl_future+*))			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
 	__kcrctab         : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab) = .;			\
-		*(__kcrctab)						\
+		*(SORT(___kcrctab+*))					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab) = .;			\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
 	__kcrctab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl) = .;		\
-		*(__kcrctab_gpl)					\
+		*(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*))				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */		\
 	__kcrctab_unused  : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused) = .;		\
-		*(__kcrctab_unused)					\
+		*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused+*))				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */		\
 	__kcrctab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
-		*(__kcrctab_unused_gpl)					\
+		*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl+*))			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */		\
 	__kcrctab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .;	\
-		*(__kcrctab_gpl_future)					\
+		*(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl_future+*))			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
diff --git a/include/linux/bsearch.h b/include/linux/bsearch.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90b1aa867224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/bsearch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_BSEARCH_H
+#define _LINUX_BSEARCH_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	      int (*cmp)(const void *key, const void *elt));
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_BSEARCH_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 5de42043dff0..d9ca2d5dc6d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ struct module_version_attribute {
 	const char *version;
 } __attribute__ ((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
 
+extern ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *,
+				     struct module *, char *);
+
 struct module_kobject
 {
 	struct kobject kobj;
@@ -172,12 +175,7 @@ extern struct module __this_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 *)))) \
-	= {								\
+	static struct module_version_attribute ___modver_attr = {	\
 		.mattr	= {						\
 			.attr	= {					\
 				.name	= "version",			\
@@ -187,7 +185,10 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
 		},							\
 		.module_name	= KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
 		.version	= _version,				\
-	}
+	};								\
+	static const struct module_version_attribute			\
+	__used __attribute__ ((__section__ ("__modver")))		\
+	* __moduleparam_const __modver_attr = &___modver_attr
 #endif
 
 /* Optional firmware file (or files) needed by the module
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ struct module_use {
 	extern void *__crc_##sym __attribute__((weak));		\
 	static const unsigned long __kcrctab_##sym		\
 	__used							\
-	__attribute__((section("__kcrctab" sec), unused))	\
+	__attribute__((section("___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym), unused))	\
 	= (unsigned long) &__crc_##sym;
 #else
 #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ struct module_use {
 	= MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #sym;                    	\
 	static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym	\
 	__used							\
-	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec), unused))	\
+	__attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), unused))	\
 	= { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }
 
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)					\
@@ -367,34 +368,35 @@ struct module
 	struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs;
 #endif
 
+	/* The command line arguments (may be mangled).  People like
+	   keeping pointers to this stuff */
+	char *args;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/* Per-cpu data. */
 	void __percpu *percpu;
 	unsigned int percpu_size;
 #endif
 
-	/* The command line arguments (may be mangled).  People like
-	   keeping pointers to this stuff */
-	char *args;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-	struct tracepoint * const *tracepoints_ptrs;
 	unsigned int num_tracepoints;
+	struct tracepoint * const *tracepoints_ptrs;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
 	struct jump_entry *jump_entries;
 	unsigned int num_jump_entries;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
-	const char **trace_bprintk_fmt_start;
 	unsigned int num_trace_bprintk_fmt;
+	const char **trace_bprintk_fmt_start;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
 	struct ftrace_event_call **trace_events;
 	unsigned int num_trace_events;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
-	unsigned long *ftrace_callsites;
 	unsigned int num_ftrace_callsites;
+	unsigned long *ftrace_callsites;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
@@ -475,8 +477,9 @@ const struct kernel_symbol *find_symbol(const char *name,
 					bool warn);
 
 /* Walk the exported symbol table */
-bool each_symbol(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr, struct module *owner,
-			    unsigned int symnum, void *data), void *data);
+bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
+				    struct module *owner,
+				    void *data), void *data);
 
 /* Returns 0 and fills in value, defined and namebuf, or -ERANGE if
    symnum out of range. */
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 07b41951e3fa..ddaae98c53f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ struct kparam_string {
 struct kparam_array
 {
 	unsigned int max;
+	unsigned int elemsize;
 	unsigned int *num;
 	const struct kernel_param_ops *ops;
-	unsigned int elemsize;
 	void *elem;
 };
 
@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@ extern int param_get_invbool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
  */
 #define module_param_array_named(name, array, type, nump, perm)		\
 	static const struct kparam_array __param_arr_##name		\
-	= { ARRAY_SIZE(array), nump, &param_ops_##type,			\
-	    sizeof(array[0]), array };					\
+	= { .max = ARRAY_SIZE(array), .num = nump,                      \
+	    .ops = &param_ops_##type,					\
+	    .elemsize = sizeof(array[0]), .elem = array };		\
 	__module_param_call(MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX, name,			\
 			    &param_array_ops,				\
 			    .arr = &__param_arr_##name,			\
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index a716ee2a8adb..a176db2f2c85 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp);
 extern void argv_free(char **argv);
 
 extern bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+extern int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF
 int vbin_printf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index d5938a5c19c4..22879725678d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
+#include <linux/bsearch.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/module.h>
@@ -240,23 +241,24 @@ static bool each_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *arr,
 				   struct module *owner,
 				   bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *syms,
 					      struct module *owner,
-					      unsigned int symnum, void *data),
+					      void *data),
 				   void *data)
 {
-	unsigned int i, j;
+	unsigned int j;
 
 	for (j = 0; j < arrsize; j++) {
-		for (i = 0; i < arr[j].stop - arr[j].start; i++)
-			if (fn(&arr[j], owner, i, data))
-				return true;
+		if (fn(&arr[j], owner, data))
+			return true;
 	}
 
 	return false;
 }
 
 /* Returns true as soon as fn returns true, otherwise false. */
-bool each_symbol(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr, struct module *owner,
-			    unsigned int symnum, void *data), void *data)
+bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
+				    struct module *owner,
+				    void *data),
+			 void *data)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 	static const struct symsearch arr[] = {
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ bool each_symbol(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr, struct module *owner,
 	}
 	return false;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(each_symbol);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(each_symbol_section);
 
 struct find_symbol_arg {
 	/* Input */
@@ -323,15 +325,12 @@ struct find_symbol_arg {
 	const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
 };
 
-static bool find_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *syms,
-				   struct module *owner,
-				   unsigned int symnum, void *data)
+static bool check_symbol(const struct symsearch *syms,
+				 struct module *owner,
+				 unsigned int symnum, void *data)
 {
 	struct find_symbol_arg *fsa = data;
 
-	if (strcmp(syms->start[symnum].name, fsa->name) != 0)
-		return false;
-
 	if (!fsa->gplok) {
 		if (syms->licence == GPL_ONLY)
 			return false;
@@ -365,6 +364,30 @@ static bool find_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *syms,
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int cmp_name(const void *va, const void *vb)
+{
+	const char *a;
+	const struct kernel_symbol *b;
+	a = va; b = vb;
+	return strcmp(a, b->name);
+}
+
+static bool find_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *syms,
+				   struct module *owner,
+				   void *data)
+{
+	struct find_symbol_arg *fsa = data;
+	struct kernel_symbol *sym;
+
+	sym = bsearch(fsa->name, syms->start, syms->stop - syms->start,
+			sizeof(struct kernel_symbol), cmp_name);
+
+	if (sym != NULL && check_symbol(syms, owner, sym - syms->start, data))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Find a symbol and return it, along with, (optional) crc and
  * (optional) module which owns it.  Needs preempt disabled or module_mutex. */
 const struct kernel_symbol *find_symbol(const char *name,
@@ -379,7 +402,7 @@ const struct kernel_symbol *find_symbol(const char *name,
 	fsa.gplok = gplok;
 	fsa.warn = warn;
 
-	if (each_symbol(find_symbol_in_section, &fsa)) {
+	if (each_symbol_section(find_symbol_in_section, &fsa)) {
 		if (owner)
 			*owner = fsa.owner;
 		if (crc)
@@ -1607,27 +1630,28 @@ static void set_section_ro_nx(void *base,
 	}
 }
 
-/* Setting memory back to RW+NX before releasing it */
-void unset_section_ro_nx(struct module *mod, void *module_region)
+static void unset_module_core_ro_nx(struct module *mod)
 {
-	unsigned long total_pages;
-
-	if (mod->module_core == module_region) {
-		/* Set core as NX+RW */
-		total_pages = MOD_NUMBER_OF_PAGES(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
-		set_memory_nx((unsigned long)mod->module_core, total_pages);
-		set_memory_rw((unsigned long)mod->module_core, total_pages);
+	set_page_attributes(mod->module_core + mod->core_text_size,
+		mod->module_core + mod->core_size,
+		set_memory_x);
+	set_page_attributes(mod->module_core,
+		mod->module_core + mod->core_ro_size,
+		set_memory_rw);
+}
 
-	} else if (mod->module_init == module_region) {
-		/* Set init as NX+RW */
-		total_pages = MOD_NUMBER_OF_PAGES(mod->module_init, mod->init_size);
-		set_memory_nx((unsigned long)mod->module_init, total_pages);
-		set_memory_rw((unsigned long)mod->module_init, total_pages);
-	}
+static void unset_module_init_ro_nx(struct module *mod)
+{
+	set_page_attributes(mod->module_init + mod->init_text_size,
+		mod->module_init + mod->init_size,
+		set_memory_x);
+	set_page_attributes(mod->module_init,
+		mod->module_init + mod->init_ro_size,
+		set_memory_rw);
 }
 
 /* Iterate through all modules and set each module's text as RW */
-void set_all_modules_text_rw()
+void set_all_modules_text_rw(void)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 
@@ -1648,7 +1672,7 @@ void set_all_modules_text_rw()
 }
 
 /* Iterate through all modules and set each module's text as RO */
-void set_all_modules_text_ro()
+void set_all_modules_text_ro(void)
 {
 	struct module *mod;
 
@@ -1669,7 +1693,8 @@ void set_all_modules_text_ro()
 }
 #else
 static inline void set_section_ro_nx(void *base, unsigned long text_size, unsigned long ro_size, unsigned long total_size) { }
-static inline void unset_section_ro_nx(struct module *mod, void *module_region) { }
+static void unset_module_core_ro_nx(struct module *mod) { }
+static void unset_module_init_ro_nx(struct module *mod) { }
 #endif
 
 /* Free a module, remove from lists, etc. */
@@ -1696,7 +1721,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 	destroy_params(mod->kp, mod->num_kp);
 
 	/* This may be NULL, but that's OK */
-	unset_section_ro_nx(mod, mod->module_init);
+	unset_module_init_ro_nx(mod);
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
 	kfree(mod->args);
 	percpu_modfree(mod);
@@ -1705,7 +1730,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 	lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
 
 	/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
-	unset_section_ro_nx(mod, mod->module_core);
+	unset_module_core_ro_nx(mod);
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_core);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPU
@@ -2030,11 +2055,8 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *lookup_symbol(const char *name,
 	const struct kernel_symbol *start,
 	const struct kernel_symbol *stop)
 {
-	const struct kernel_symbol *ks = start;
-	for (; ks < stop; ks++)
-		if (strcmp(ks->name, name) == 0)
-			return ks;
-	return NULL;
+	return bsearch(name, start, stop - start,
+			sizeof(struct kernel_symbol), cmp_name);
 }
 
 static int is_exported(const char *name, unsigned long value,
@@ -2931,10 +2953,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod,
 	mod->symtab = mod->core_symtab;
 	mod->strtab = mod->core_strtab;
 #endif
-	unset_section_ro_nx(mod, mod->module_init);
+	unset_module_init_ro_nx(mod);
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
 	mod->module_init = NULL;
 	mod->init_size = 0;
+	mod->init_ro_size = 0;
 	mod->init_text_size = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 7ab388a48a2e..ed72e1330862 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -297,21 +297,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_charp);
 int param_set_bool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	bool v;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* No equals means "set"... */
 	if (!val) val = "1";
 
 	/* One of =[yYnN01] */
-	switch (val[0]) {
-	case 'y': case 'Y': case '1':
-		v = true;
-		break;
-	case 'n': case 'N': case '0':
-		v = false;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	ret = strtobool(val, &v);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (kp->flags & KPARAM_ISBOOL)
 		*(bool *)kp->arg = v;
@@ -821,15 +815,18 @@ ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", vattr->version);
 }
 
-extern struct module_version_attribute __start___modver[], __stop___modver[];
+extern const struct module_version_attribute *__start___modver[];
+extern const struct module_version_attribute *__stop___modver[];
 
 static void __init version_sysfs_builtin(void)
 {
-	const struct module_version_attribute *vattr;
+	const struct module_version_attribute **p;
 	struct module_kobject *mk;
 	int err;
 
-	for (vattr = __start___modver; vattr < __stop___modver; vattr++) {
+	for (p = __start___modver; p < __stop___modver; p++) {
+		const struct module_version_attribute *vattr = *p;
+
 		mk = locate_module_kobject(vattr->module_name);
 		if (mk) {
 			err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &vattr->mattr.attr);
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ef0f28571156..4b49a249064b 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ lib-y	+= kobject.o kref.o klist.o
 
 obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o \
-	 string_helpers.o gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o
+	 string_helpers.o gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o \
+	 bsearch.o
 obj-y += kstrtox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KSTRTOX) += test-kstrtox.o
 
diff --git a/lib/bsearch.c b/lib/bsearch.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b54758e2afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bsearch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * A generic implementation of binary search for the Linux kernel
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Ksplice, Inc.
+ * Author: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/bsearch.h>
+
+/*
+ * bsearch - binary search an array of elements
+ * @key: pointer to item being searched for
+ * @base: pointer to first element to search
+ * @num: number of elements
+ * @size: size of each element
+ * @cmp: pointer to comparison function
+ *
+ * This function does a binary search on the given array.  The
+ * contents of the array should already be in ascending sorted order
+ * under the provided comparison function.
+ *
+ * Note that the key need not have the same type as the elements in
+ * the array, e.g. key could be a string and the comparison function
+ * could compare the string with the struct's name field.  However, if
+ * the key and elements in the array are of the same type, you can use
+ * the same comparison function for both sort() and bsearch().
+ */
+void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	      int (*cmp)(const void *key, const void *elt))
+{
+	size_t start = 0, end = num;
+	int result;
+
+	while (start < end) {
+		size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
+
+		result = cmp(key, base + mid * size);
+		if (result < 0)
+			end = mid;
+		else if (result > 0)
+			start = mid + 1;
+		else
+			return (void *)base + mid * size;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bsearch);
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index f71bead1be3e..01fad9b203e1 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -535,6 +535,35 @@ bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
 
+/**
+ * strtobool - convert common user inputs into boolean values
+ * @s: input string
+ * @res: result
+ *
+ * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
+ * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
+ * updated upon finding a match.
+ */
+int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
+{
+	switch (s[0]) {
+	case 'y':
+	case 'Y':
+	case '1':
+		*res = true;
+		break;
+	case 'n':
+	case 'N':
+	case '0':
+		*res = false;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strtobool);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 /**
  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index cd104afcc5f2..413c53693e62 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -420,11 +420,10 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (hdr->e_shnum == 0) {
+	if (hdr->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF) {
 		/*
 		 * There are more than 64k sections,
 		 * read count from .sh_size.
-		 * note: it doesn't need shndx2secindex()
 		 */
 		info->num_sections = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_size);
 	}
@@ -432,8 +431,7 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
 		info->num_sections = hdr->e_shnum;
 	}
 	if (hdr->e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX) {
-		info->secindex_strings =
-		    shndx2secindex(TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link));
+		info->secindex_strings = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link);
 	}
 	else {
 		info->secindex_strings = hdr->e_shstrndx;
@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
 			    sechdrs[i].sh_offset;
 			info->symtab_stop  = (void *)hdr +
 			    sechdrs[i].sh_offset + sechdrs[i].sh_size;
-			sh_link_idx = shndx2secindex(sechdrs[i].sh_link);
+			sh_link_idx = sechdrs[i].sh_link;
 			info->strtab       = (void *)hdr +
 			    sechdrs[sh_link_idx].sh_offset;
 		}
@@ -516,11 +514,9 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
 
 	if (symtab_shndx_idx != ~0U) {
 		Elf32_Word *p;
-		if (symtab_idx !=
-		    shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link))
+		if (symtab_idx != sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link)
 			fatal("%s: SYMTAB_SHNDX has bad sh_link: %u!=%u\n",
-			      filename,
-			      shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link),
+			      filename, sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link,
 			      symtab_idx);
 		/* Fix endianness */
 		for (p = info->symtab_shndx_start; p < info->symtab_shndx_stop;
@@ -1446,7 +1442,7 @@ static unsigned int *reloc_location(struct elf_info *elf,
 				    Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
 {
 	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
-	int section = shndx2secindex(sechdr->sh_info);
+	int section = sechdr->sh_info;
 
 	return (void *)elf->hdr + sechdrs[section].sh_offset +
 		r->r_offset;
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 0388cfccac8d..2031119080dc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -145,33 +145,22 @@ static inline int is_shndx_special(unsigned int i)
 	return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
 }
 
-/* shndx is in [0..SHN_LORESERVE) U (SHN_HIRESERVE, 0xfffffff], thus:
- * shndx == 0               <=> sechdrs[0]
- * ......
- * shndx == SHN_LORESERVE-1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE-1]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+2 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE+1]
- * ......
- * fyi: sym->st_shndx is uint16, SHN_LORESERVE = ff00, SHN_HIRESERVE = ffff,
- * so basically we map  0000..feff -> 0000..feff
- *                      ff00..ffff -> (you are a bad boy, dont do it)
- *                     10000..xxxx -> ff00..(xxxx-0x100)
+/*
+ * Move reserved section indices SHN_LORESERVE..SHN_HIRESERVE out of
+ * the way to -256..-1, to avoid conflicting with real section
+ * indices.
  */
-static inline unsigned int shndx2secindex(unsigned int i)
-{
-	if (i <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-		return i;
-	return i - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE);
-}
+#define SPECIAL(i) ((i) - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1))
 
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 					const Elf_Sym *sym)
 {
+	if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
+		return SPECIAL(sym->st_shndx);
 	if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
 		return sym->st_shndx;
-	return shndx2secindex(info->symtab_shndx_start[sym -
-						       info->symtab_start]);
+	return info->symtab_shndx_start[sym - info->symtab_start];
 }
 
 /* file2alias.c */
diff --git a/scripts/module-common.lds b/scripts/module-common.lds
index 47a1f9ae0ede..0865b3e752be 100644
--- a/scripts/module-common.lds
+++ b/scripts/module-common.lds
@@ -5,4 +5,15 @@
  */
 SECTIONS {
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
+
+	__ksymtab		: { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) }
+	__ksymtab_gpl		: { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
+	__ksymtab_unused	: { *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused+*)) }
+	__ksymtab_unused_gpl	: { *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl+*)) }
+	__ksymtab_gpl_future	: { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl_future+*)) }
+	__kcrctab		: { *(SORT(___kcrctab+*)) }
+	__kcrctab_gpl		: { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*)) }
+	__kcrctab_unused	: { *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused+*)) }
+	__kcrctab_unused_gpl	: { *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl+*)) }
+	__kcrctab_gpl_future	: { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl_future+*)) }
 }