linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel: constructor support

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Message-Id: <200902041324.29655.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:24:29 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel: constructor support

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 23:16:33 Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> From: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Call constructors (gcc-generated initcall-like functions) during
> kernel start and module load. Constructors are e.g. used for gcov data
> initialization.
...
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
> +	mod->ctors = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "ctors",
> +				  sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors);
> +#endif

This looks horribly like untested code: shouldn't that be ".ctors"?

Rusty.
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