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authorSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>2007-05-17 14:14:48 -0400
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>2007-05-19 03:11:58 -0400
commit0e0d314e6a01bb14d303e35e6f7ba24b17020044 (patch)
tree596929a373bbbba7c2d7af4ae6e485a4c584b76f /include
parentca967258b69eb65dcb07bbab90fdf964c6d2ec45 (diff)
kbuild: introduce __init_refok/__initdata_refok to supress section mismatch warnings
Throughout the kernel there are a few legitimite references to init or exit sections. Most of these are covered by the patterns included in modpost but a few nees special attention. To avoid hardcoding a lot of function names in modpost introduce a marker so relevant function/data can be marked. When modpost see a reference to a init/exit function from a function/data marked no warning will be issued. Idea from: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/init.h13
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 52e2d69ee535..8307b1bb337a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
11 11
12/* .data section */ 12/* .data section */
13#define DATA_DATA \ 13#define DATA_DATA \
14 *(.data) 14 *(.data) \
15 *(.data.init.refok)
15 16
16#define RODATA \ 17#define RODATA \
17 . = ALIGN(4096); \ 18 . = ALIGN(4096); \
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@
147 * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map */ 148 * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map */
148#define TEXT_TEXT \ 149#define TEXT_TEXT \
149 ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \ 150 ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \
150 *(.text) 151 *(.text) \
152 *(.text.init.refok)
151 153
152/* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same 154/* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same
153 * address even at second ld pass when generating System.map */ 155 * address even at second ld pass when generating System.map */
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index e007ae4dc41e..56ec4c62eee0 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@
45#define __exitdata __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.data"))) 45#define __exitdata __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.data")))
46#define __exit_call __attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__ (".exitcall.exit"))) 46#define __exit_call __attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__ (".exitcall.exit")))
47 47
48/* modpost check for section mismatches during the kernel build.
49 * A section mismatch happens when there are references from a
50 * code or data section to an init section (both code or data).
51 * The init sections are (for most archs) discarded by the kernel
52 * when early init has completed so all such references are potential bugs.
53 * For exit sections the same issue exists.
54 * The following markers are used for the cases where the reference to
55 * the init/exit section (code or data) is valid and will teach modpost
56 * not to issue a warning.
57 * The markers follow same syntax rules as __init / __initdata. */
58#define __init_refok noinline __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.init.refok")))
59#define __initdata_refok __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.init.refok")))
60
48#ifdef MODULE 61#ifdef MODULE
49#define __exit __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text"))) 62#define __exit __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text")))
50#else 63#else