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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/init.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 38 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 25 deletions
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 { |