---
  MAINTAINERS                                         |  2 +-
  kernel/Makefile                                     |  5 +----
  kernel/module/Makefile                              | 12 ++++++++++++
  kernel/{module_decompress.c => module/decompress.c} |  2 +-
  kernel/{module-internal.h => module/internal.h}     |  0
  kernel/{module.c => module/main.c}                  |  2 +-
  kernel/{module_signing.c => module/signing.c}       |  2 +-
  7 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 kernel/module/Makefile
  rename kernel/{module_decompress.c => module/decompress.c} (99%)
  rename kernel/{module-internal.h => module/internal.h} (100%)
  rename kernel/{module.c => module/main.c} (99%)
  rename kernel/{module_signing.c => module/signing.c} (97%)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bd86ed9fbc79..463bdb829db4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS

@@ -13012,7 +13012,7 @@ L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
  S:	Maintained
  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux.git modules-next
  F:	include/linux/module.h
-F:	kernel/module.c
+F:	kernel/module/
  
  MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEM PMIC DRIVER
  M:	Saravanan Sekar <sravanhome@gmail.com>

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 56f4ee97f328..717075b65deb 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_softirq.o := n
  KCSAN_SANITIZE_softirq.o = n
  # These are called from save_stack_trace() on slub debug path,
  # and produce insane amounts of uninteresting coverage.
-KCOV_INSTRUMENT_module.o := n
  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_extable.o := n
  KCOV_INSTRUMENT_stacktrace.o := n
  # Don't self-instrument.

@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ obj-y += rcu/
  obj-y += livepatch/
  obj-y += dma/
  obj-y += entry/
+obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module/
  
  obj-$(CONFIG_KCMP) += kcmp.o
  obj-$(CONFIG_FREEZER) += freezer.o

@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_SMP),y)
  obj-y += up.o
  endif
  obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS) += module_decompress.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += module_signing.o
  obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORMAT) += module_signature.o
  obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
  obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o

diff --git a/kernel/module/Makefile b/kernel/module/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cdd5c61b8c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/module/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Makefile for linux kernel module support
+#
+
+# These are called from save_stack_trace() on slub debug path,
+# and produce insane amounts of uninteresting coverage.
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT_module.o := n
+
+obj-y += main.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS) += decompress.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += signing.o

diff --git a/kernel/module_decompress.c b/kernel/module/decompress.c
similarity index 99%
rename from kernel/module_decompress.c
rename to kernel/module/decompress.c
index ffef98a20320..d14d6443225a 100644
--- a/kernel/module_decompress.c
+++ b/kernel/module/decompress.c

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  #include <linux/sysfs.h>
  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
  
-#include "module-internal.h"
+#include "internal.h"
  
  static int module_extend_max_pages(struct load_info *info, unsigned int extent)
  {

diff --git a/kernel/module-internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/module-internal.h
rename to kernel/module/internal.h
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module/main.c
similarity index 99%
rename from kernel/module.c
rename to kernel/module/main.c
index 46a5c2ed1928..34a2b0cf3c3e 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
  #include <linux/audit.h>
  #include <uapi/linux/module.h>
-#include "module-internal.h"
+#include "internal.h"
  
  #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
  #include <trace/events/module.h>

diff --git a/kernel/module_signing.c b/kernel/module/signing.c
similarity index 97%
rename from kernel/module_signing.c
rename to kernel/module/signing.c
index 8723ae70ea1f..8aeb6d2ee94b 100644
--- a/kernel/module_signing.c
+++ b/kernel/module/signing.c

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  #include <linux/string.h>
  #include <linux/verification.h>
  #include <crypto/public_key.h>
-#include "module-internal.h"
+#include "internal.h"
  
  /*
   * Verify the signature on a module.