diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/export.h | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 38 |
3 files changed, 51 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 668569844d37..f1bfa15b6f9b 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect); # define unreachable() do { } while (1) #endif +/* + * KENTRY - kernel entry point + * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used + * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example, + * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found + * programatically. + * + * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those + * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts). + * + * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the + * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire + * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data. + */ +#ifndef KENTRY +# define KENTRY(sym) \ + extern typeof(sym) sym; \ + static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym \ + __used \ + __attribute__((section("___kentry" "+" #sym ), used)) \ + = (unsigned long)&sym; +#endif + #ifndef RELOC_HIDE # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \ ({ unsigned long __ptr; \ diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h index d7df4922da1d..2a0f61fbc731 100644 --- a/include/linux/export.h +++ b/include/linux/export.h @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_EXPORT_H #define _LINUX_EXPORT_H + /* * Export symbols from the kernel to modules. Forked from module.h * to reduce the amount of pointless cruft we feed to gcc when only @@ -42,27 +43,26 @@ extern struct module __this_module; #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS /* Mark the CRC weak since genksyms apparently decides not to * generate a checksums for some symbols */ -#define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ - extern __visible void *__crc_##sym __attribute__((weak)); \ - static const unsigned long __kcrctab_##sym \ - __used \ - __attribute__((section("___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym), unused)) \ +#define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ + extern __visible void *__crc_##sym __attribute__((weak)); \ + static const unsigned long __kcrctab_##sym \ + __used \ + __attribute__((section("___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym), used)) \ = (unsigned long) &__crc_##sym; #else #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) #endif /* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */ -#define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ - extern typeof(sym) sym; \ - __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ - static const char __kstrtab_##sym[] \ - __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \ - = VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(sym); \ - extern const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym; \ - __visible const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \ - __used \ - __attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), unused)) \ +#define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ + extern typeof(sym) sym; \ + __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ + static const char __kstrtab_##sym[] \ + __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \ + = VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(sym); \ + static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \ + __used \ + __attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), used)) \ = { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym } #if defined(__KSYM_DEPS__) diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index 5a3321a7909b..024a0b5b3ed0 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -139,24 +139,8 @@ extern bool initcall_debug; #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ -#ifdef CONFIG_LTO -/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable - * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes - * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like. - * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is - * deleted by the linker. - */ -#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \ - ; /* yes this is needed */ \ - static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void) \ - { \ - return &x; \ - } -#else -#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) -#endif - -/* initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate +/* + * initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate * subsections. Ordering inside the subsections is determined * by link order. * For backwards compatibility, initcall() puts the call in @@ -164,12 +148,16 @@ extern bool initcall_debug; * * The `id' arg to __define_initcall() is needed so that multiple initcalls * can point at the same handler without causing duplicate-symbol build errors. + * + * Initcalls are run by placing pointers in initcall sections that the + * kernel iterates at runtime. The linker can do dead code / data elimination + * and remove that completely, so the initcall sections have to be marked + * as KEEP() in the linker script. */ #define __define_initcall(fn, id) \ static initcall_t __initcall_##fn##id __used \ - __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; \ - LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(__initcall_##fn##id) + __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; /* * Early initcalls run before initializing SMP. @@ -205,15 +193,15 @@ extern bool initcall_debug; #define __initcall(fn) device_initcall(fn) -#define __exitcall(fn) \ +#define __exitcall(fn) \ static exitcall_t __exitcall_##fn __exit_call = fn -#define console_initcall(fn) \ - static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \ +#define console_initcall(fn) \ + static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \ __used __section(.con_initcall.init) = fn -#define security_initcall(fn) \ - static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \ +#define security_initcall(fn) \ + static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \ __used __section(.security_initcall.init) = fn struct obs_kernel_param { |