Index: install.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/install.php,v
retrieving revision 1.213
diff -u -p -r1.213 install.php
--- install.php	12 Oct 2009 02:00:04 -0000	1.213
+++ install.php	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ function install_bootstrap_full(&$instal
  */
 function install_profile_modules(&$install_state) {
   $modules = variable_get('install_profile_modules', array());
-  $files = system_get_module_data();
+  $files = system_rebuild_module_data();
   variable_del('install_profile_modules');
   $operations = array();
   foreach ($modules as $module) {
Index: includes/common.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.1013
diff -u -p -r1.1013 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	11 Oct 2009 06:05:53 -0000	1.1013
+++ includes/common.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -5527,10 +5527,10 @@ function drupal_flush_all_caches() {
   // If invoked from update.php, we must not update the theme information in the
   // database, or this will result in all themes being disabled.
   if (defined('MAINTENANCE_MODE') && MAINTENANCE_MODE == 'update') {
-    _system_get_theme_data();
+    _system_rebuild_theme_data();
   }
   else {
-    system_get_theme_data();
+    system_rebuild_theme_data();
   }
 
   drupal_theme_rebuild();
Index: includes/install.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/install.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.113
diff -u -p -r1.113 install.inc
--- includes/install.inc	25 Sep 2009 14:54:49 -0000	1.113
+++ includes/install.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ function drupal_verify_profile($install_
  *   Normally just testing wants to set this to TRUE.
  */
 function drupal_install_modules($module_list = array(), $disable_modules_installed_hook = FALSE) {
-  $files = system_get_module_data();
+  $files = system_rebuild_module_data();
   $module_list = array_flip(array_values($module_list));
   do {
     $moved = FALSE;
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ function drupal_install_system() {
     ->execute();
   // Now that we've installed things properly, bootstrap the full Drupal environment
   drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
-  system_get_module_data();
+  system_rebuild_module_data();
 }
 
 /**
Index: includes/registry.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/registry.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -p -r1.24 registry.inc
--- includes/registry.inc	24 Aug 2009 00:14:18 -0000	1.24
+++ includes/registry.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function _registry_rebuild() {
   require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/database/' . $driver . '/query.inc';
 
   // Get current list of modules and their files.
-  $modules = system_get_module_data();
+  $modules = system_rebuild_module_data();
   // Get the list of files we are going to parse.
   $files = array();
   foreach ($modules as &$module) {
Index: includes/theme.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/theme.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.533
diff -u -p -r1.533 theme.inc
--- includes/theme.inc	9 Oct 2009 16:33:13 -0000	1.533
+++ includes/theme.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ function list_themes($refresh = FALSE) {
     }
     else {
       // Scan the installation when the database should not be read.
-      $themes = _system_get_theme_data();
+      $themes = _system_rebuild_theme_data();
     }
 
     foreach ($themes as $theme) {
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ function template_preprocess_maintenance
 
   global $theme;
   // Retrieve the theme data to list all available regions.
-  $theme_data = _system_get_theme_data();
+  $theme_data = _system_rebuild_theme_data();
   $regions = $theme_data[$theme]->info['regions'];
 
   // Get all region content set with drupal_add_region_content().
Index: includes/update.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/update.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -p -r1.12 update.inc
--- includes/update.inc	3 Oct 2009 20:17:46 -0000	1.12
+++ includes/update.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ function update_check_incompatibility($n
 
   // Store values of expensive functions for future use.
   if (empty($themes) || empty($modules)) {
-    $themes = _system_get_theme_data();
-    $modules = system_get_module_data();
+    $themes = _system_rebuild_theme_data();
+    $modules = system_rebuild_module_data();
   }
 
   if ($type == 'module' && isset($modules[$name])) {
Index: modules/help/help.admin.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/help/help.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -p -r1.10 help.admin.inc
--- modules/help/help.admin.inc	9 Oct 2009 00:59:59 -0000	1.10
+++ modules/help/help.admin.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function help_page($name) {
 
 function help_links_as_list() {
   $empty_arg = drupal_help_arg();
-  $module_info = system_get_module_data();
+  $module_info = system_rebuild_module_data();
 
   $modules = array();
   foreach (module_implements('help', TRUE) as $module) {
Index: modules/system/system.admin.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -u -p -r1.209 system.admin.inc
--- modules/system/system.admin.inc	9 Oct 2009 01:00:05 -0000	1.209
+++ modules/system/system.admin.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:27:14 -0000
@@ -146,12 +146,11 @@ function system_admin_menu_block_page() 
  */
 function system_admin_by_module() {
 
-  $modules = system_get_module_data();
+  $module_info = system_get_info('module');
   $menu_items = array();
   $help_arg = module_exists('help') ? drupal_help_arg() : FALSE;
 
-  foreach ($modules as $file) {
-    $module = $file->name;
+  foreach ($module_info as $module => $info) {
     if ($module == 'help') {
       continue;
     }
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ function system_admin_by_module() {
       // Sort.
       ksort($admin_tasks);
 
-      $menu_items[$file->info['name']] = array($file->info['description'], $admin_tasks);
+      $menu_items[$info['name']] = array($info['description'], $admin_tasks);
     }
   }
   return theme('system_admin_by_module', array('menu_items' => $menu_items));
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ function system_settings_overview() {
  */
 function system_themes_form() {
   // Get current list of themes.
-  $themes = system_get_theme_data();
+  $themes = system_rebuild_theme_data();
 
   // Remove hidden themes from the display list.
   foreach ($themes as $theme_key => $theme) {
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ function system_theme_settings($form, &$
   if ($key) {
     $settings = theme_get_settings($key);
     $var = str_replace('/', '_', 'theme_' . $key . '_settings');
-    $themes = system_get_theme_data();
+    $themes = system_rebuild_theme_data();
     $features = $themes[$key]->info['features'];
   }
   else {
@@ -643,7 +642,7 @@ function _system_is_incompatible(&$incom
  */
 function system_modules($form, $form_state = array()) {
   // Get current list of modules.
-  $files = system_get_module_data();
+  $files = system_rebuild_module_data();
 
   // Remove hidden modules from display list.
   foreach ($files as $filename => $file) {
@@ -834,7 +833,7 @@ function _system_modules_build_row($info
  * Display confirmation form for required modules.
  *
  * @param $modules
- *   Array of module file objects as returned from system_get_module_data().
+ *   Array of module file objects as returned from system_rebuild_module_data().
  * @param $storage
  *   The contents of $form_state['storage']; an array with two
  *   elements: the list of required modules and the list of status
@@ -891,7 +890,7 @@ function system_modules_submit($form, &$
 
   // Get a list of all modules, it will be used to find which module requires
   // which.
-  $files = system_get_module_data();
+  $files = system_rebuild_module_data();
 
   // The modules to be enabled.
   $modules_to_be_enabled = array();
Index: modules/system/system.api.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.api.php,v
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -u -p -r1.82 system.api.php
--- modules/system/system.api.php	11 Oct 2009 03:07:20 -0000	1.82
+++ modules/system/system.api.php	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -720,9 +720,10 @@ function hook_mail_alter(&$message) {
 /**
  * Alter the information parsed from module and theme .info files
  *
- * This hook is invoked in _system_get_module_data() and in _system_get_theme_data().
- * A module may implement this hook in order to add to or alter the data
- * generated by reading the .info file with drupal_parse_info_file().
+ * This hook is invoked in _system_rebuild_module_data() and in
+ * _system_rebuild_theme_data(). A module may implement this hook in order to
+ * add to or alter the data generated by reading the .info file with
+ * drupal_parse_info_file().
  *
  * @param &$info
  *   The .info file contents, passed by reference so that it can be altered.
Index: modules/system/system.install
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.install,v
retrieving revision 1.396
diff -u -p -r1.396 system.install
--- modules/system/system.install	12 Oct 2009 15:40:04 -0000	1.396
+++ modules/system/system.install	13 Oct 2009 04:28:36 -0000
@@ -345,12 +345,12 @@ function system_install() {
   }
 
   // Clear out module list and hook implementation statics before calling
-  // system_get_theme_data().
+  // system_rebuild_theme_data().
   module_list(TRUE);
   module_implements('', FALSE, TRUE);
 
   // Load system theme data appropriately.
-  system_get_theme_data();
+  system_rebuild_theme_data();
 
   // Inserting uid 0 here confuses MySQL -- the next user might be created as
   // uid 2 which is not what we want. So we insert the first user here, the
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ function system_update_7021() {
   variable_del('site_footer');
 
   // Rebuild theme data, so the new 'help' region is identified.
-  system_get_theme_data();
+  system_rebuild_theme_data();
 }
 
 /**
Index: modules/system/system.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.module,v
retrieving revision 1.806
diff -u -p -r1.806 system.module
--- modules/system/system.module	12 Oct 2009 20:12:28 -0000	1.806
+++ modules/system/system.module	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -1847,12 +1847,35 @@ function system_update_files_database(&$
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns an array of information about active modules or themes.
+ *
+ * This function returns the information from the {system} table corresponding
+ * to the cached contents of the .info file for each active module or theme.
+ *
+ * @param $type
+ *   Either 'module' or 'theme'.
+ * @return
+ *   An associative array of module or theme information keyed by name.
+ *
+ * @see system_rebuild_module_data()
+ * @see system_rebuild_theme_data()
+ */
+function system_get_info($type) {
+  $info = array();
+  $result = db_query('SELECT name, info FROM {system} WHERE type = :type AND status = 1', array(':type' => $type));
+  foreach ($result as $item) {
+    $info[$item->name] = unserialize($item->info);
+  }
+  return $info;
+}
+
+/**
  * Helper function to scan and collect module .info data.
  *
  * @return
  *   An associative array of module information.
  */
-function _system_get_module_data() {
+function _system_rebuild_module_data() {
   // Find modules
   $modules = drupal_system_listing('/\.module$/', 'modules', 'name', 0);
 
@@ -1903,13 +1926,13 @@ function _system_get_module_data() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Collect data about all currently available modules.
+ * Rebuild, save, and return data about all currently available modules.
  *
  * @return
  *   Array of all available modules and their data.
  */
-function system_get_module_data() {
-  $modules = _system_get_module_data();
+function system_rebuild_module_data() {
+  $modules = _system_rebuild_module_data();
   ksort($modules);
   system_get_files_database($modules, 'module');
   system_update_files_database($modules, 'module');
@@ -1939,7 +1962,7 @@ function system_get_module_data() {
  * @return
  *   An associative array of themes information.
  */
-function _system_get_theme_data() {
+function _system_rebuild_theme_data() {
   $themes_info = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());
 
   if (empty($themes_info)) {
@@ -2065,13 +2088,13 @@ function _system_get_theme_data() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Collect data about all currently available themes.
+ * Rebuild, save, and return data about all currently available themes.
  *
  * @return
  *   Array of all available themes and their data.
  */
-function system_get_theme_data() {
-  $themes = _system_get_theme_data();
+function system_rebuild_theme_data() {
+  $themes = _system_rebuild_theme_data();
   ksort($themes);
   system_get_files_database($themes, 'theme');
   system_update_files_database($themes, 'theme');
Index: modules/update/update.compare.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/update/update.compare.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -p -r1.34 update.compare.inc
--- modules/update/update.compare.inc	13 Oct 2009 02:14:05 -0000	1.34
+++ modules/update/update.compare.inc	13 Oct 2009 04:26:37 -0000
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ function update_get_projects() {
     $projects = update_project_cache('update_project_projects');
     if (empty($projects)) {
       // Still empty, so we have to rebuild the cache.
-      $module_data = system_get_module_data();
-      $theme_data = system_get_theme_data();
+      $module_data = system_rebuild_module_data();
+      $theme_data = system_rebuild_theme_data();
       _update_process_info_list($projects, $module_data, 'module', TRUE);
       _update_process_info_list($projects, $theme_data, 'theme', TRUE);
       if (variable_get('update_check_disabled', FALSE)) {
Index: modules/update/update.test
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/update/update.test,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -r1.7 update.test
--- modules/update/update.test	13 Oct 2009 02:14:05 -0000	1.7
+++ modules/update/update.test	13 Oct 2009 04:29:27 -0000
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class UpdateTestContribCase extends Upda
    * "CCC Update test" project. We need to make sure that we see the "BBB"
    * project before the "CCC" project, even though "CCC" includes a module
    * that's processed first if you sort alphabetically by module name (which
-   * is the order we see things inside system_get_module_data() for example).
+   * is the order we see things inside system_rebuild_module_data() for example).
    */
   function testUpdateContribOrder() {
     // We want core to be version 7.0.