Method and system for compiling kernel module

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a system for compiling a kernel module, which can effectively improve the compilation adaptation efficiency of the kernel module and a target kernel by pre-generating multiple versions of kernel modules, and can further expand the range of the kernel adapted to the kernel module by introducing a detection mechanism for detecting whether the kernel has a header file package or not.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of operating system kernel and version compatibility assurance when kernel modules are compiled, and in particular relates to a kernel module compiling method and system. Background technique [0002] In order to improve the operating efficiency of the operating system, most mainstream open source operating systems currently adopt a single-block kernel structure, such as Linux, FreeBSD, etc., that is to say, the entire system kernel runs in a separate protection domain. However, the single-block kernel The structure has problems such as relatively poor scalability and maintainability. In order to make up for this defect, the existing single-block kernel operating system often adopts a modular mechanism to run, that is, allows dynamic insertion or deletion of kernel modules when the kernel is running. [0003] The kernel module is a socket provided by the operating system kernel to the outside, which is call...

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[0005] Due to reasons such as patching defects and upgrading functions, most operating system distributions will update the kernel frequently, and the updated kernel often only provides the header file package corresponding to the latest kernel, so the kernel module compiled based on the updated header file package cannot be used in the Compile and load on the previous kernel version without this header file package

However, many kernel modules need to be verified on different versions of the kernel. The above verification mechanism will cause compatibility problems between the kernel modules of different versions of the system kernel, thus affecting the adaptability and usability of the kernel module.

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