12 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index ae6a60f10120..2180433213b7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 mainmenu "Blackfin Kernel Configuration"
 
+config SYMBOL_PREFIX
+        string
+        default "_"
+
 config MMU
         def_bool n
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/module.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/module.h
index 9c1cfffddd9b..4282b169ead9 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/module.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_BFIN_MODULE_H
 #define _ASM_BFIN_MODULE_H
 
-#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX "_"
-
 #define Elf_Shdr        Elf32_Shdr
 #define Elf_Sym         Elf32_Sym
 #define Elf_Ehdr        Elf32_Ehdr
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 10e12539000e..f39707c6590d 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
  * Licensed under the GPL-2 or later
  */
 
-#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _##_sym_
-
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/mem_map.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index 9420648352b8..53cc669e6d59 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ config H8300
         default y
         select HAVE_IDE
 
+config SYMBOL_PREFIX
+        string
+        default "_"
+
 config MMU
         bool
         default n
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/module.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/module.h
index de23231f3196..8e46724b7c09 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/module.h
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ struct mod_arch_specific { };
 #define Elf_Sym Elf32_Sym
 #define Elf_Ehdr Elf32_Ehdr
 
-#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX "_"
-
 #endif /* _ASM_H8/300_MODULE_H */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b9e24907e6ea..03d356d96e5d 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _##_sym_
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index b6e818f4b247..67e652068e0e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
 #endif
 
-#ifndef VMLINUX_SYMBOL
-#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _sym_
+#ifndef SYMBOL_PREFIX
+#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym) sym
+#else
+#define PASTE2(x,y) x##y
+#define PASTE(x,y) PASTE2(x,y)
+#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym) PASTE(SYMBOL_PREFIX, sym)
 #endif
 
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 482efc865acf..6cb1a3cab5d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 /* Not Yet Implemented */
 #define MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(name)
 
-/* some toolchains uses a `_' prefix for all user symbols */
-#ifndef MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+/* Some toolchains use a `_' prefix for all user symbols. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+#else
 #define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX ""
 #endif
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index ffdafb26f539..224d85e72ef1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ _c_flags += $(if $(patsubst n%,, \
                 $(CFLAGS_GCOV))
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+_cpp_flags += -DSYMBOL_PREFIX=$(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX))
+endif
+
+
 # If building the kernel in a separate objtree expand all occurrences
 # of -Idir to -I$(srctree)/dir except for absolute paths (starting with '/').
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index 11d69c35e5b4..ff954f8168c1 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ modpost-objs	:= modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o
 $(obj)/modpost.o $(obj)/file2alias.o $(obj)/sumversion.o: $(obj)/elfconfig.h
 
 quiet_cmd_elfconfig = MKELF   $@
-      cmd_elfconfig = $(obj)/mk_elfconfig $(ARCH) < $< > $@
+      cmd_elfconfig = $(obj)/mk_elfconfig < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/elfconfig.h: $(obj)/empty.o $(obj)/mk_elfconfig FORCE
         $(call if_changed,elfconfig)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c b/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
index 6a96d47bd1e6..639bca7ba559 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         unsigned char ei[EI_NIDENT];
         union { short s; char c[2]; } endian_test;
 
-        if (argc != 2) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error: no arch\n");
-        }
         if (fread(ei, 1, EI_NIDENT, stdin) != EI_NIDENT) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: input truncated\n");
                 return 1;
@@ -55,12 +52,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         else
                 exit(1);
 
-        if ((strcmp(argv[1], "h8300") == 0)
-            || (strcmp(argv[1], "blackfin") == 0))
-                printf("#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX \"_\"\n");
-        else
-                printf("#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX \"\"\n");
-
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 801a16a17545..fb0f9b711af3 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -15,8 +15,17 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "modpost.h"
+#include "../../include/linux/autoconf.h"
 #include "../../include/linux/license.h"
 
+/* Some toolchains use a `_' prefix for all user symbols. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX
+#else
+#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX ""
+#endif
+
+
 /* Are we using CONFIG_MODVERSIONS? */
 int modversions = 0;
 /* Warn about undefined symbols? (do so if we have vmlinux) */