base/SOURCES/kmod-0005-depmod-backport-external-directories-support.patch

From e91ce48303e37b92f123a91acfa9cbda17035d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:09:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] depmod: backport external directories support

Requires to backport scratchbuf implementation

Squashed commit of the following:

commit 92ab2321a4b761eb2822d77dc235dd543b021c69
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 20 17:09:52 2017 +0300

    man/depmod.d: add external keyword description

    The commit 'depmod: implement external directories support' added
    external directories support (see
    7da6884e7357ac05772e90f6d7e63b1948103fc4).

    This patch documents the extention in the manpage.

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 01673c9b8dbe580634604808f831b735aa7fe298
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue May 9 22:09:23 2017 +0300

    depmod: implement external directories support

    The idea is to add a configuration keyword, external, which
    will list directories for scanning for particular kernel version
    mask:

    external 4.10 /the/modules/dir /second/modules/dir

    And extend "search" keyword to set it's priority with pseudo dir
    "external" (as it's done for built-in):

    search subdir external subdir2 built-in subdir3

    (actually, the version is the same as for override keyword: * or
    posix regexp, so example above is a bit incorrect).

    All other logic left the same: if there are duplicates, only one
    is under consideration and it is unloadable if it is bad.

    The resulting modules.dep will contain entries a-la:

    /the/modules/dir/module1.ko:
    kernel/module2.ko: /the/modules/dir/module1.ko

    (here /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/module2.ko depends of
    symbols, provided by /the/modules/dir/module1.ko and external has
    higher priority).

    modprobe and modinfo understand it out of box.

    This is a pretty simple extention of existing logic, since now
    depmod already is able to:

    a) scan modules with full path from command line without -a
    switch;
    b) detects broken symbol dependencies and broken modversions,
    what assumes, that modules are already are not built for the
    existing kernel.

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 5274ad44377ad5998b9f4b3c5c180d407ed68fb9
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue May 9 22:09:22 2017 +0300

    depmod: rewrite depmod modules search with scratchbuf

    The recursive search code used used pretty big, PATH_MAX,
    automatic storage buffer for the module directory scanning. Some
    time ago there was scratchbuf implemented, which dynamically
    reallocates its buffer on demand. The patch takes it in use for
    the scanning code also. The initial size is hardcoded to 256
    bytes which sounds good enough for most usecases so there should
    be not many reallocations.

    (add #include <shared/scratchbuf.h> which in upstream
    comes from 3b4c684c125d depmod: fix string overflow)

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 88f47f04df80dd80065d2811f3a7bae25dd98a79
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue May 9 22:09:21 2017 +0300

    depmod: create depmod dir independent search function

    Prepare to implement external directories support.

    The patch splits depmod_modules_search() function to two
    functions: depmod_modules_search(), called by the high level with
    intention to search all possible modules, and
    depmod_module_search_path(), which takes path as a parameter and
    scans modules under the path only. Initially it is used to scan
    the same depmod->cfg->dirname path only.

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 6488110e07ad49a0dc4da7bbf79dd00a50bd9cc5
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 23 17:23:38 2016 +0200

    depmod: search key: move builtin detection under the add function

    Prepare to implement external directories support.

    It's better to isolate behaviour difference under the
    cfg_search_add() call, then make the client code aware of it.

    In case of external modules/directories support, there will be
    one more keyword added, so making the clients aware of it makes
    even less sense.

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 183465f82e0157b7facba9e100d0e822163ca951
Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 9 08:52:26 2016 +0200

    shared: make scratchbuf_str static

    It fixes linking problem

    tools/depmod.o: In function `output_symbols_bin':
    depmod.c:(.text.output_symbols_bin+0x135): undefined reference to `scratchbuf_str'

    for -O0 build, where gcc doesn't actually inline it.

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>

commit 4d202380a16b273a641b3c9e85a6d80d9f367c68
Author: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 10 14:51:57 2016 -0300

    testsuite: include stdio.h

    It's used in the log macros so include it.

commit c226d66c43c7550247c76e7285aeb338dce2ea34
Author: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 10 14:20:32 2016 -0300

    Add scratchbuf implementation

    This should fill the requirements for "we need to loop over a lot of
    strings that usually are small enough to remain on stack, but we want to
    protect ourselves against huge strings not fitting in the static
    buffer we estimated as sufficient"

Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
---
 Makefile.am                 |   5 +
 man/depmod.d.xml            |  20 ++++
 shared/scratchbuf.c         |  60 +++++++++++
 shared/scratchbuf.h         |  31 ++++++
 testsuite/.gitignore        |   3 +
 testsuite/test-scratchbuf.c |  89 +++++++++++++++++
 testsuite/testsuite.h       |   1 +
 tools/depmod.c              | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 8 files changed, 404 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 shared/scratchbuf.c
 create mode 100644 shared/scratchbuf.h
 create mode 100644 testsuite/test-scratchbuf.c

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 896ae6366f45..407efe3f93c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ shared_libshared_la_SOURCES = \
 	shared/array.h \
 	shared/hash.c \
 	shared/hash.h \
+	shared/scratchbuf.c \
 	shared/strbuf.c \
 	shared/strbuf.h \
 	shared/util.c \
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ testsuite_libtestsuite_la_LIBADD = -lrt
 TESTSUITE = \
 	testsuite/test-hash \
 	testsuite/test-array \
+	testsuite/test-scratchbuf \
 	testsuite/test-strbuf \
 	testsuite/test-init \
 	testsuite/test-initstate \
@@ -329,6 +331,9 @@ testsuite_test_hash_CPPFLAGS = $(TESTSUITE_CPPFLAGS)
 testsuite_test_array_LDADD = $(TESTSUITE_LDADD)
 testsuite_test_array_CPPFLAGS = $(TESTSUITE_CPPFLAGS)
 
+testsuite_test_scratchbuf_LDADD = $(TESTSUITE_LDADD)
+testsuite_test_scratchbuf_CPPFLAGS = $(TESTSUITE_CPPFLAGS)
+
 testsuite_test_strbuf_LDADD = $(TESTSUITE_LDADD)
 testsuite_test_strbuf_CPPFLAGS = $(TESTSUITE_CPPFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/man/depmod.d.xml b/man/depmod.d.xml
index c30c06c5b605..4341a568e8a0 100644
--- a/man/depmod.d.xml
+++ b/man/depmod.d.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
             first listed directory and the lowest priority given to the last
             directory listed. The special keyword <command>built-in</command> 
             refers to the standard module directories installed by the kernel.
+            Another special keyword <command>external</command> refers to the
+            list of external directories, defined by the
+            <command>external</command> command.
           </para>
           <para>
             By default, depmod will give a higher priority to 
@@ -110,6 +113,23 @@
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>external <replaceable>kernelversion</replaceable>
+        <replaceable>absolutemodulesdirectory...</replaceable>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            This specifies a list of directories, which will be checked
+            according to the priorities in the <command>search</command>
+            command. The order matters also, the first directory has the higher
+            priority.
+          </para>
+          <para>
+            The <replaceable>kernelversion</replaceable> is a POSIX regular
+            expression or * wildcard, like in the <command>override</command>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/shared/scratchbuf.c b/shared/scratchbuf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d9eb83f30c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/scratchbuf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * kmod - interface to kernel module operations
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include "scratchbuf.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+void scratchbuf_init(struct scratchbuf *buf, char *stackbuf, size_t size)
+{
+	buf->bytes = stackbuf;
+	buf->size = size;
+	buf->need_free = false;
+}
+
+int scratchbuf_alloc(struct scratchbuf *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	char *tmp;
+
+	if (size <= buf->size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (buf->need_free) {
+		tmp = realloc(buf->bytes, size);
+		if (tmp == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	} else {
+		tmp = malloc(size);
+		if (tmp == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		memcpy(tmp, buf->bytes, buf->size);
+	}
+
+	buf->size = size;
+	buf->bytes = tmp;
+	buf->need_free = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void scratchbuf_release(struct scratchbuf *buf)
+{
+	if (buf->need_free)
+		free(buf->bytes);
+}
diff --git a/shared/scratchbuf.h b/shared/scratchbuf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27ea9d9f6008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/scratchbuf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <shared/macro.h>
+
+/*
+ * Buffer abstract data type
+ */
+struct scratchbuf {
+	char *bytes;
+	size_t size;
+	bool need_free;
+};
+
+void scratchbuf_init(struct scratchbuf *buf, char *stackbuf, size_t size);
+int scratchbuf_alloc(struct scratchbuf *buf, size_t sz);
+void scratchbuf_release(struct scratchbuf *buf);
+
+/* Return a C string */
+static inline char *scratchbuf_str(struct scratchbuf *buf)
+{
+	return buf->bytes;
+}
+
+#define SCRATCHBUF_INITIALIZER(buf_) {			\
+	.bytes = buf_,					\
+	.size = sizeof(buf_) + _array_size_chk(buf_),	\
+	.need_free = false,				\
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/test-scratchbuf.c b/testsuite/test-scratchbuf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d86957cefb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/test-scratchbuf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C)  2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <shared/scratchbuf.h>
+
+#include "testsuite.h"
+
+static int test_scratchbuf_onlystack(const struct test *t)
+{
+	struct scratchbuf sbuf;
+	const char *smallstr = "xyz";
+	char buf[3 + 2];
+	char buf2[3 + 1];
+
+	scratchbuf_init(&sbuf, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	assert_return(scratchbuf_alloc(&sbuf, strlen(smallstr) + 1) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.need_free == false, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	scratchbuf_release(&sbuf);
+
+	scratchbuf_init(&sbuf, buf2, sizeof(buf2));
+	assert_return(scratchbuf_alloc(&sbuf, strlen(smallstr) + 1) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.need_free == false, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	scratchbuf_release(&sbuf);
+
+	memcpy(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), smallstr, strlen(smallstr) + 1);
+	assert_return(strcmp(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), smallstr) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_TEST(test_scratchbuf_onlystack,
+		.description = "test scratchbuf for buffer on stack only");
+
+
+static int test_scratchbuf_heap(const struct test *t)
+{
+	struct scratchbuf sbuf;
+	const char *smallstr = "xyz";
+	const char *largestr = "xyzxyzxyz";
+	const char *largestr2 = "xyzxyzxyzxyzxyz";
+	char buf[3 + 1];
+
+	scratchbuf_init(&sbuf, buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+	/* Initially only on stack */
+	assert_return(scratchbuf_alloc(&sbuf, strlen(smallstr) + 1) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.need_free == false, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	memcpy(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), smallstr, strlen(smallstr) + 1);
+
+	/* Grow once to heap */
+	assert_return(scratchbuf_alloc(&sbuf, strlen(largestr) + 1) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.need_free == true, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.size == strlen(largestr) + 1, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(strcmp(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), smallstr) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	memcpy(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), largestr, strlen(largestr) + 1);
+	assert_return(strcmp(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), largestr) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+	/* Grow again - realloc should take place */
+	assert_return(scratchbuf_alloc(&sbuf, strlen(largestr2) + 1) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.need_free == true, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	assert_return(sbuf.size == strlen(largestr2) + 1, EXIT_FAILURE);
+	memcpy(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), largestr2, strlen(largestr2) + 1);
+	assert_return(strcmp(scratchbuf_str(&sbuf), largestr2) == 0, EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+	scratchbuf_release(&sbuf);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_TEST(test_scratchbuf_heap,
+		.description = "test scratchbuf for buffer on that grows to heap");
+
+TESTSUITE_MAIN();
diff --git a/testsuite/testsuite.h b/testsuite/testsuite.h
index 3bd74f34ca7e..bb0eb507ac2f 100644
--- a/testsuite/testsuite.h
+++ b/testsuite/testsuite.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <shared/macro.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/depmod.c b/tools/depmod.c
index 7b9583249018..79fd14354266 100644
--- a/tools/depmod.c
+++ b/tools/depmod.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <shared/hash.h>
 #include <shared/macro.h>
 #include <shared/util.h>
+#include <shared/scratchbuf.h>
 
 #include <libkmod/libkmod.h>
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 static int verbose = DEFAULT_VERBOSE;
 
 static const char CFG_BUILTIN_KEY[] = "built-in";
+static const char CFG_EXTERNAL_KEY[] = "external";
 static const char *default_cfg_paths[] = {
 	"/run/depmod.d",
 	SYSCONFDIR "/depmod.d",
@@ -432,9 +434,21 @@ struct cfg_override {
 	char path[];
 };
 
+enum search_type {
+	SEARCH_PATH,
+	SEARCH_BUILTIN,
+	SEARCH_EXTERNAL
+};
+
 struct cfg_search {
 	struct cfg_search *next;
-	uint8_t builtin;
+	enum search_type type;
+	size_t len;
+	char path[];
+};
+
+struct cfg_external {
+	struct cfg_external *next;
 	size_t len;
 	char path[];
 };
@@ -449,14 +463,27 @@ struct cfg {
 	uint8_t warn_dups;
 	struct cfg_override *overrides;
 	struct cfg_search *searches;
+	struct cfg_external *externals;
 };
 
-static int cfg_search_add(struct cfg *cfg, const char *path, uint8_t builtin)
+static enum search_type cfg_define_search_type(const char *path)
+{
+	if (streq(path, CFG_BUILTIN_KEY))
+		return SEARCH_BUILTIN;
+	if (streq(path, CFG_EXTERNAL_KEY))
+		return SEARCH_EXTERNAL;
+	return SEARCH_PATH;
+}
+
+static int cfg_search_add(struct cfg *cfg, const char *path)
 {
 	struct cfg_search *s;
 	size_t len;
+	enum search_type type;
 
-	if (builtin)
+	type = cfg_define_search_type(path);
+
+	if (type != SEARCH_PATH)
 		len = 0;
 	else
 		len = strlen(path) + 1;
@@ -466,15 +493,15 @@ static int cfg_search_add(struct cfg *cfg, const char *path, uint8_t builtin)
 		ERR("search add: out of memory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	s->builtin = builtin;
-	if (builtin)
+	s->type = type;
+	if (type != SEARCH_PATH)
 		s->len = 0;
 	else {
 		s->len = len - 1;
 		memcpy(s->path, path, len);
 	}
 
-	DBG("search add: %s, builtin=%hhu\n", path, builtin);
+	DBG("search add: %s, search type=%hhu\n", path, type);
 
 	s->next = cfg->searches;
 	cfg->searches = s;
@@ -522,6 +549,32 @@ static void cfg_override_free(struct cfg_override *o)
 	free(o);
 }
 
+static int cfg_external_add(struct cfg *cfg, const char *path)
+{
+	struct cfg_external *ext;
+	size_t len = strlen(path);
+
+	ext = malloc(sizeof(struct cfg_external) + len + 1);
+	if (ext == NULL) {
+		ERR("external add: out of memory\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(ext->path, path);
+	ext->len = len;
+
+	DBG("external add: %s\n", ext->path);
+
+	ext->next = cfg->externals;
+	cfg->externals = ext;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void cfg_external_free(struct cfg_external *ext)
+{
+	free(ext);
+}
+
 static int cfg_kernel_matches(const struct cfg *cfg, const char *pattern)
 {
 	regex_t re;
@@ -567,8 +620,7 @@ static int cfg_file_parse(struct cfg *cfg, const char *filename)
 		if (streq(cmd, "search")) {
 			const char *sp;
 			while ((sp = strtok_r(NULL, "\t ", &saveptr)) != NULL) {
-				uint8_t builtin = streq(sp, CFG_BUILTIN_KEY);
-				cfg_search_add(cfg, sp, builtin);
+				cfg_search_add(cfg, sp);
 			}
 		} else if (streq(cmd, "override")) {
 			const char *modname = strtok_r(NULL, "\t ", &saveptr);
@@ -586,6 +638,20 @@ static int cfg_file_parse(struct cfg *cfg, const char *filename)
 			}
 
 			cfg_override_add(cfg, modname, subdir);
+		} else if (streq(cmd, "external")) {
+			const char *version = strtok_r(NULL, "\t ", &saveptr);
+			const char *dir = strtok_r(NULL, "\t ", &saveptr);
+
+			if (version == NULL || dir == NULL)
+				goto syntax_error;
+
+			if (!cfg_kernel_matches(cfg, version)) {
+				INF("%s:%u: external directory did not match %s\n",
+				    filename, linenum, version);
+				goto done_next;
+			}
+
+			cfg_external_add(cfg, dir);
 		} else if (streq(cmd, "include")
 				|| streq(cmd, "make_map_files")) {
 			INF("%s:%u: command %s not implemented yet\n",
@@ -762,7 +828,7 @@ static int cfg_load(struct cfg *cfg, const char * const *cfg_paths)
 	 * list here. But only if there was no "search" option specified.
 	 */
 	if (cfg->searches == NULL)
-		cfg_search_add(cfg, "updates", 0);
+		cfg_search_add(cfg, "updates");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -780,6 +846,12 @@ static void cfg_free(struct cfg *cfg)
 		cfg->searches = cfg->searches->next;
 		cfg_search_free(tmp);
 	}
+
+	while (cfg->externals) {
+		struct cfg_external *tmp = cfg->externals;
+		cfg->externals = cfg->externals->next;
+		cfg_external_free(tmp);
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -987,6 +1059,33 @@ static int depmod_module_del(struct depmod *depmod, struct mod *mod)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const char *search_to_string(const struct cfg_search *s)
+{
+	switch(s->type) {
+	case SEARCH_EXTERNAL:
+		return "external";
+	case SEARCH_BUILTIN:
+		return "built-in";
+	default:
+		return s->path;
+	}
+}
+
+static bool depmod_is_path_starts_with(const char *path,
+				       size_t pathlen,
+				       const char *prefix,
+				       size_t prefix_len)
+{
+	if (pathlen <= prefix_len)
+		return false;
+	if (path[prefix_len] != '/')
+		return false;
+	if (memcmp(path, prefix, prefix_len) != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* returns if existing module @mod is higher priority than newpath.
  * note this is the inverse of module-init-tools is_higher_priority()
  */
@@ -995,6 +1094,7 @@ static int depmod_module_is_higher_priority(const struct depmod *depmod, const s
 	const struct cfg *cfg = depmod->cfg;
 	const struct cfg_override *ov;
 	const struct cfg_search *se;
+	const struct cfg_external *ext;
 
 	/* baselen includes the last '/' and mod->baselen doesn't. So it's
 	 * actually correct to use modnamelen in the first and modnamesz in
@@ -1003,35 +1103,55 @@ static int depmod_module_is_higher_priority(const struct depmod *depmod, const s
 	size_t oldlen = mod->baselen + mod->modnamesz;
 	const char *oldpath = mod->path;
 	int i, bprio = -1, oldprio = -1, newprio = -1;
-
-	assert(strncmp(newpath, cfg->dirname, cfg->dirnamelen) == 0);
-	assert(strncmp(oldpath, cfg->dirname, cfg->dirnamelen) == 0);
-
-	newpath += cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
-	newlen -= cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
-	oldpath += cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
-	oldlen -= cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
+	size_t relnewlen = 0;
+	size_t reloldlen = 0;
+	const char *relnewpath = NULL;
+	const char *reloldpath = NULL;
 
 	DBG("comparing priorities of %s and %s\n",
 	    oldpath, newpath);
 
+	if (strncmp(newpath, cfg->dirname, cfg->dirnamelen) == 0) {
+		relnewpath = newpath + cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
+		relnewlen = newlen - cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
+	}
+	if (strncmp(oldpath, cfg->dirname, cfg->dirnamelen) == 0) {
+		reloldpath = oldpath + cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
+		reloldlen = oldlen - cfg->dirnamelen + 1;
+	}
+
 	for (ov = cfg->overrides; ov != NULL; ov = ov->next) {
 		DBG("override %s\n", ov->path);
-		if (newlen == ov->len && memcmp(ov->path, newpath, newlen) == 0)
+		if (relnewlen == ov->len &&
+		    memcmp(ov->path, relnewpath, relnewlen) == 0)
 			return 0;
-		if (oldlen == ov->len && memcmp(ov->path, oldpath, oldlen) == 0)
+		if (reloldlen == ov->len &&
+		    memcmp(ov->path, reloldpath, reloldlen) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0, se = cfg->searches; se != NULL; se = se->next, i++) {
-		DBG("search %s\n", se->builtin ? "built-in" : se->path);
-		if (se->builtin)
+		DBG("search %s\n", search_to_string(se));
+		if (se->type == SEARCH_BUILTIN)
 			bprio = i;
-		else if (newlen > se->len && newpath[se->len] == '/' &&
-			 memcmp(se->path, newpath, se->len) == 0)
+		else if (se->type == SEARCH_EXTERNAL) {
+			for (ext = cfg->externals; ext != NULL; ext = ext->next, i++) {
+				if (depmod_is_path_starts_with(newpath,
+							       newlen,
+							       ext->path,
+							       ext->len))
+					newprio = i;
+				if (depmod_is_path_starts_with(oldpath,
+							       oldlen,
+							       ext->path,
+							       ext->len))
+					oldprio = i;
+			}
+		} else if (relnewlen > se->len && relnewpath[se->len] == '/' &&
+			 memcmp(se->path, relnewpath, se->len) == 0)
 			newprio = i;
-		else if (oldlen > se->len && oldpath[se->len] == '/' &&
-			 memcmp(se->path, oldpath, se->len) == 0)
+		else if (reloldlen > se->len && reloldpath[se->len] == '/' &&
+			 memcmp(se->path, reloldpath, se->len) == 0)
 			oldprio = i;
 	}
 
@@ -1102,10 +1222,11 @@ add:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t baselen, char *path)
+static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t baselen, struct scratchbuf *s_path)
 {
 	struct dirent *de;
 	int err = 0, dfd = dirfd(d);
+	char *path;
 
 	while ((de = readdir(d)) != NULL) {
 		const char *name = de->d_name;
@@ -1118,11 +1239,13 @@ static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t basel
 		if (streq(name, "build") || streq(name, "source"))
 			continue;
 		namelen = strlen(name);
-		if (baselen + namelen + 2 >= PATH_MAX) {
-			path[baselen] = '\0';
-			ERR("path is too long %s%s\n", path, name);
+		if (scratchbuf_alloc(s_path, baselen + namelen + 2) < 0) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			ERR("No memory\n");
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		path = scratchbuf_str(s_path);
 		memcpy(path + baselen, name, namelen + 1);
 
 		if (de->d_type == DT_REG)
@@ -1148,10 +1271,6 @@ static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t basel
 		if (is_dir) {
 			int fd;
 			DIR *subdir;
-			if (baselen + namelen + 2 + NAME_MAX >= PATH_MAX) {
-				ERR("directory path is too long %s\n", path);
-				continue;
-			}
 			fd = openat(dfd, name, O_RDONLY);
 			if (fd < 0) {
 				ERR("openat(%d, %s, O_RDONLY): %m\n",
@@ -1168,7 +1287,7 @@ static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t basel
 			path[baselen + namelen + 1] = '\0';
 			err = depmod_modules_search_dir(depmod, subdir,
 							baselen + namelen + 1,
-							path);
+							s_path);
 			closedir(subdir);
 		} else {
 			err = depmod_modules_search_file(depmod, baselen,
@@ -1181,33 +1300,65 @@ static int depmod_modules_search_dir(struct depmod *depmod, DIR *d, size_t basel
 			err = 0; /* ignore errors */
 		}
 	}
-
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int depmod_modules_search(struct depmod *depmod)
+static int depmod_modules_search_path(struct depmod *depmod,
+				      const char *path)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	DIR *d = opendir(depmod->cfg->dirname);
+	char buf[256];
+	_cleanup_(scratchbuf_release) struct scratchbuf s_path_buf =
+		SCRATCHBUF_INITIALIZER(buf);
+	char *path_buf;
+	DIR *d;
 	size_t baselen;
 	int err;
+
+	d = opendir(path);
 	if (d == NULL) {
 		err = -errno;
-		ERR("could not open directory %s: %m\n", depmod->cfg->dirname);
+		ERR("could not open directory %s: %m\n", path);
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	baselen = depmod->cfg->dirnamelen;
-	memcpy(path, depmod->cfg->dirname, baselen);
-	path[baselen] = '/';
+	baselen = strlen(path);
+
+	if (scratchbuf_alloc(&s_path_buf, baselen + 2) < 0) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	path_buf = scratchbuf_str(&s_path_buf);
+
+	memcpy(path_buf, path, baselen);
+	path_buf[baselen] = '/';
 	baselen++;
-	path[baselen] = '\0';
+	path_buf[baselen] = '\0';
 
-	err = depmod_modules_search_dir(depmod, d, baselen, path);
+	err = depmod_modules_search_dir(depmod, d, baselen, &s_path_buf);
+out:
 	closedir(d);
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int depmod_modules_search(struct depmod *depmod)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct cfg_external *ext;
+
+	err = depmod_modules_search_path(depmod, depmod->cfg->dirname);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	for (ext = depmod->cfg->externals; ext != NULL; ext = ext->next) {
+		err = depmod_modules_search_path(depmod, ext->path);
+		if (err < 0 && err == -ENOENT)
+			/* ignore external dir absense */
+			continue;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int mod_cmp(const void *pa, const void *pb) {
 	const struct mod *a = *(const struct mod **)pa;
 	const struct mod *b = *(const struct mod **)pb;
-- 
2.14.1

--- kmod-20/man/depmod.d.5.orig	2017-08-17 16:01:34.330058135 +0300
+++ kmod-20/man/depmod.d.5	2017-08-17 16:01:37.901058086 +0300
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 '\" t
 .\"     Title: depmod.d
 .\"    Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 03/01/2015
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: 08/17/2017
 .\"    Manual: depmod.d
 .\"    Source: kmod
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "DEPMOD\&.D" "5" "03/01/2015" "kmod" "depmod.d"
+.TH "DEPMOD\&.D" "5" "08/17/2017" "kmod" "depmod.d"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Define some portability stuff
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@
 This allows you to specify the order in which /lib/modules (or other configured module location) subdirectories will be processed by
 \fBdepmod\fR\&. Directories are listed in order, with the highest priority given to the first listed directory and the lowest priority given to the last directory listed\&. The special keyword
 \fBbuilt\-in\fR
-refers to the standard module directories installed by the kernel\&.
+refers to the standard module directories installed by the kernel\&. Another special keyword
+\fBexternal\fR
+refers to the list of external directories, defined by the
+\fBexternal\fR
+command\&.
 .sp
 By default, depmod will give a higher priority to a directory with the name
 \fBupdates\fR
@@ -73,6 +77,18 @@
 \fBextra\fR
 subdirectory within /lib/modules (or other module location) will take priority over any likenamed module already provided by the kernel\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+external \fIkernelversion\fR \fIabsolutemodulesdirectory\&.\&.\&.\fR
+.RS 4
+This specifies a list of directories, which will be checked according to the priorities in the
+\fBsearch\fR
+command\&. The order matters also, the first directory has the higher priority\&.
+.sp
+The
+\fIkernelversion\fR
+is a POSIX regular expression or * wildcard, like in the
+\fBoverride\fR\&.
+.RE
 .SH "COPYRIGHT"
 .PP
 This manual page Copyright 2006\-2010, Jon Masters, Red Hat, Inc\&.