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diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..33a2e991f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,392 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +menuconfig MODULES + bool "Enable loadable module support" + modules + help + Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code which can + be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being + permanently built into the kernel. You use the "modprobe" + tool to add (and sometimes remove) them. If you say Y here, + many parts of the kernel can be built as modules (by + answering M instead of Y where indicated): this is most + useful for infrequently used options which are not required + for booting. For more information, see the man pages for + modprobe, lsmod, modinfo, insmod and rmmod. + + If you say Y here, you will need to run "make + modules_install" to put the modules under /lib/modules/ + where modprobe can find them (you may need to be root to do + this). + + If unsure, say Y. + +if MODULES + +config MODULE_DEBUGFS + bool + +config MODULE_DEBUG + bool "Module debugging" + depends on DEBUG_FS + help + Allows you to enable / disable features which can help you debug + modules. You don't need these options on production systems. + +if MODULE_DEBUG + +config MODULE_STATS + bool "Module statistics" + depends on DEBUG_FS + select MODULE_DEBUGFS + help + This option allows you to maintain a record of module statistics. + For example, size of all modules, average size, text size, a list + of failed modules and the size for each of those. For failed + modules we keep track of modules which failed due to either the + existing module taking too long to load or that module was already + loaded. + + You should enable this if you are debugging production loads + and want to see if userspace or the kernel is doing stupid things + with loading modules when it shouldn't or if you want to help + optimize userspace / kernel space module autoloading schemes. + You might want to do this because failed modules tend to use + up significant amount of memory, and so you'd be doing everyone a + favor in avoiding these failures proactively. + + This functionality is also useful for those experimenting with + module .text ELF section optimization. + + If unsure, say N. + +config MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS + bool "Debug duplicate modules with auto-loading" + help + Module autoloading allows in-kernel code to request modules through + the *request_module*() API calls. This in turn just calls userspace + modprobe. Although modprobe checks to see if a module is already + loaded before trying to load a module there is a small time window in + which multiple duplicate requests can end up in userspace and multiple + modprobe calls race calling finit_module() around the same time for + duplicate modules. The finit_module() system call can consume in the + worst case more than twice the respective module size in virtual + memory for each duplicate module requests. Although duplicate module + requests are non-fatal virtual memory is a limited resource and each + duplicate module request ends up just unnecessarily straining virtual + memory. + + This debugging facility will create pr_warn() splats for duplicate + module requests to help identify if module auto-loading may be the + culprit to your early boot virtual memory pressure. Since virtual + memory abuse caused by duplicate module requests could render a + system unusable this functionality will also converge races in + requests for the same module to a single request. You can boot with + the module.enable_dups_trace=1 kernel parameter to use WARN_ON() + instead of the pr_warn(). + + If the first module request used request_module_nowait() we cannot + use that as the anchor to wait for duplicate module requests, since + users of request_module() do want a proper return value. If a call + for the same module happened earlier with request_module() though, + then a duplicate request_module_nowait() would be detected. The + non-wait request_module() call is synchronous and waits until modprobe + completes. Subsequent auto-loading requests for the same module do + not trigger a new finit_module() calls and do not strain virtual + memory, and so as soon as modprobe successfully completes we remove + tracking for duplicates for that module. + + Enable this functionality to try to debug virtual memory abuse during + boot on systems which are failing to boot or if you suspect you may be + straining virtual memory during boot, and you want to identify if the + abuse was due to module auto-loading. These issues are currently only + known to occur on systems with many CPUs (over 400) and is likely the + result of udev issuing duplicate module requests for each CPU, and so + module auto-loading is not the culprit. There may very well still be + many duplicate module auto-loading requests which could be optimized + for and this debugging facility can be used to help identify them. + + Only enable this for debugging system functionality, never have it + enabled on real systems. + +config MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE + bool "Force full stack trace when duplicates are found" + depends on MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS + help + Enabling this will force a full stack trace for duplicate module + auto-loading requests using WARN_ON() instead of pr_warn(). You + should keep this disabled at all times unless you are a developer + and are doing a manual inspection and want to debug exactly why + these duplicates occur. + +endif # MODULE_DEBUG + +config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD + bool "Forced module loading" + default n + help + Allow loading of modules without version information (ie. modprobe + --force). Forced module loading sets the 'F' (forced) taint flag and + is usually a really bad idea. + +config MODULE_UNLOAD + bool "Module unloading" + help + Without this option you will not be able to unload any + modules (note that some modules may not be unloadable + anyway), which makes your kernel smaller, faster + and simpler. If unsure, say Y. + +config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD + bool "Forced module unloading" + depends on MODULE_UNLOAD + help + This option allows you to force a module to unload, even if the + kernel believes it is unsafe: the kernel will remove the module + without waiting for anyone to stop using it (using the -f option to + rmmod). This is mainly for kernel developers and desperate users. + If unsure, say N. + +config MODULE_UNLOAD_TAINT_TRACKING + bool "Tainted module unload tracking" + depends on MODULE_UNLOAD + select MODULE_DEBUGFS + help + This option allows you to maintain a record of each unloaded + module that tainted the kernel. In addition to displaying a + list of linked (or loaded) modules e.g. on detection of a bad + page (see bad_page()), the aforementioned details are also + shown. If unsure, say N. + +config MODVERSIONS + bool "Module versioning support" + help + Usually, you have to use modules compiled with your kernel. + Saying Y here makes it sometimes possible to use modules + compiled for different kernels, by adding enough information + to the modules to (hopefully) spot any changes which would + make them incompatible with the kernel you are running. If + unsure, say N. + +config ASM_MODVERSIONS + bool + default HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS && MODVERSIONS + help + This enables module versioning for exported symbols also from + assembly. This can be enabled only when the target architecture + supports it. + +config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL + bool "Source checksum for all modules" + help + Modules which contain a MODULE_VERSION get an extra "srcversion" + field inserted into their modinfo section, which contains a + sum of the source files which made it. This helps maintainers + see exactly which source was used to build a module (since + others sometimes change the module source without updating + the version). With this option, such a "srcversion" field + will be created for all modules. If unsure, say N. + +config MODULE_SIG + bool "Module signature verification" + select MODULE_SIG_FORMAT + help + Check modules for valid signatures upon load: the signature + is simply appended to the module. For more information see + <file:Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst>. + + Note that this option adds the OpenSSL development packages as a + kernel build dependency so that the signing tool can use its crypto + library. + + You should enable this option if you wish to use either + CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM or lockdown functionality imposed via + another LSM - otherwise unsigned modules will be loadable regardless + of the lockdown policy. + + !!!WARNING!!! If you enable this option, you MUST make sure that the + module DOES NOT get stripped after being signed. This includes the + debuginfo strip done by some packagers (such as rpmbuild) and + inclusion into an initramfs that wants the module size reduced. + +config MODULE_SIG_FORCE + bool "Require modules to be validly signed" + depends on MODULE_SIG + help + Reject unsigned modules or signed modules for which we don't have a + key. Without this, such modules will simply taint the kernel. + +config MODULE_SIG_ALL + bool "Automatically sign all modules" + default y + depends on MODULE_SIG || IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG + help + Sign all modules during make modules_install. Without this option, + modules must be signed manually, using the scripts/sign-file tool. + +comment "Do not forget to sign required modules with scripts/sign-file" + depends on MODULE_SIG_FORCE && !MODULE_SIG_ALL + +choice + prompt "Which hash algorithm should modules be signed with?" + depends on MODULE_SIG || IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG + help + This determines which sort of hashing algorithm will be used during + signature generation. This algorithm _must_ be built into the kernel + directly so that signature verification can take place. It is not + possible to load a signed module containing the algorithm to check + the signature on that module. + +config MODULE_SIG_SHA1 + bool "Sign modules with SHA-1" + select CRYPTO_SHA1 + +config MODULE_SIG_SHA224 + bool "Sign modules with SHA-224" + select CRYPTO_SHA256 + +config MODULE_SIG_SHA256 + bool "Sign modules with SHA-256" + select CRYPTO_SHA256 + +config MODULE_SIG_SHA384 + bool "Sign modules with SHA-384" + select CRYPTO_SHA512 + +config MODULE_SIG_SHA512 + bool "Sign modules with SHA-512" + select CRYPTO_SHA512 + +endchoice + +config MODULE_SIG_HASH + string + depends on MODULE_SIG || IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG + default "sha1" if MODULE_SIG_SHA1 + default "sha224" if MODULE_SIG_SHA224 + default "sha256" if MODULE_SIG_SHA256 + default "sha384" if MODULE_SIG_SHA384 + default "sha512" if MODULE_SIG_SHA512 + +choice + prompt "Module compression mode" + help + This option allows you to choose the algorithm which will be used to + compress modules when 'make modules_install' is run. (or, you can + choose to not compress modules at all.) + + External modules will also be compressed in the same way during the + installation. + + For modules inside an initrd or initramfs, it's more efficient to + compress the whole initrd or initramfs instead. + + This is fully compatible with signed modules. + + Please note that the tool used to load modules needs to support the + corresponding algorithm. module-init-tools MAY support gzip, and kmod + MAY support gzip, xz and zstd. + + Your build system needs to provide the appropriate compression tool + to compress the modules. + + If in doubt, select 'None'. + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE + bool "None" + help + Do not compress modules. The installed modules are suffixed + with .ko. + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + bool "GZIP" + help + Compress modules with GZIP. The installed modules are suffixed + with .ko.gz. + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ + bool "XZ" + help + Compress modules with XZ. The installed modules are suffixed + with .ko.xz. + +config MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD + bool "ZSTD" + help + Compress modules with ZSTD. The installed modules are suffixed + with .ko.zst. + +endchoice + +config MODULE_DECOMPRESS + bool "Support in-kernel module decompression" + depends on MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP || MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ || MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD + select ZLIB_INFLATE if MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP + select XZ_DEC if MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ + select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS if MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD + help + + Support for decompressing kernel modules by the kernel itself + instead of relying on userspace to perform this task. Useful when + load pinning security policy is enabled. + + If unsure, say N. + +config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS + bool "Allow loading of modules with missing namespace imports" + help + Symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS*() are considered exported in + a namespace. A module that makes use of a symbol exported with such a + namespace is required to import the namespace via MODULE_IMPORT_NS(). + There is no technical reason to enforce correct namespace imports, + but it creates consistency between symbols defining namespaces and + users importing namespaces they make use of. This option relaxes this + requirement and lifts the enforcement when loading a module. + + If unsure, say N. + +config MODPROBE_PATH + string "Path to modprobe binary" + default "/sbin/modprobe" + help + When kernel code requests a module, it does so by calling + the "modprobe" userspace utility. This option allows you to + set the path where that binary is found. This can be changed + at runtime via the sysctl file + /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe. Setting this to the empty string + removes the kernel's ability to request modules (but + userspace can still load modules explicitly). + +config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS + bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols" if EXPERT + depends on !COMPILE_TEST + help + The kernel and some modules make many symbols available for + other modules to use via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and variants. Depending + on the set of modules being selected in your kernel configuration, + many of those exported symbols might never be used. + + This option allows for unused exported symbols to be dropped from + the build. In turn, this provides the compiler more opportunities + (especially when using LTO) for optimizing the code and reducing + binary size. This might have some security advantages as well. + + If unsure, or if you need to build out-of-tree modules, say N. + +config UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST + string "Whitelist of symbols to keep in ksymtab" + depends on TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS + help + By default, all unused exported symbols will be un-exported from the + build when TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is selected. + + UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST allows to whitelist symbols that must be kept + exported at all times, even in absence of in-tree users. The value to + set here is the path to a text file containing the list of symbols, + one per line. The path can be absolute, or relative to the kernel + source tree. + +config MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP + def_bool y + depends on PERF_EVENTS || TRACING || CFI_CLANG + +endif # MODULES |