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author | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> | 2007-05-17 14:14:48 -0400 |
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committer | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> | 2007-05-19 03:11:58 -0400 |
commit | 0e0d314e6a01bb14d303e35e6f7ba24b17020044 (patch) | |
tree | 596929a373bbbba7c2d7af4ae6e485a4c584b76f /include | |
parent | ca967258b69eb65dcb07bbab90fdf964c6d2ec45 (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.h | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 13 |
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 |