[PATCH v3 14/16] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

[Michael Ellerman]

Matthew Maurer <mmaurer at google.com> writes:
> Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate
> ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but
> could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a
> backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by
> old user tooling, unlike the current format where user tooling cannot
> tolerate adjustments to the format (for example making the name field
> longer).
>
> Since PPC munges its version records to strip leading dots, we reproduce
> the munging for the new format.

AFAICS the existing code only strips a single leading dot, not all
leading dots?

cheers