Add new __init_task_data macro to be used in arch init_task.c files.

This patch is preparation for replacing most ".data.init_task" in the
kernel with macros, so that the section name can later be changed
without having to touch a lot of the kernel.

The long-term goal here is to be able to change the kernel's magic
section names to those that are compatible with -ffunction-sections
-fdata-sections.  This requires renaming all magic sections with names
of the form ".data.foo".

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 5368fbdc7801..7fc01b13be43 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -183,5 +183,8 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
         LIST_HEAD_INIT(cpu_timers[2]),                                  \
 }
 
+/* Attach to the init_task data structure for proper alignment */
+#define __init_task_data __attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task")))
+
 
 #endif