linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] module: deal with alignment issues in built-in module versions

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Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:23:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dtor@...are.com
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] module: deal with alignment issues in built-in
 module versions

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:19:57 -0800

> Any pointers as to how to emit these pointers with asm?

	.section	FOO_SECTION, "a"
	.align		SIZEOF_POINTER
	.{,x}word	POINTER
	.previous

Where FOO_SECTION is your special section name, SIZEOF_POINTER is
sizeof(void *), and POINTER is the pointer you want to add to the
section.

You have to also pick .word vs. .xword, or whatever the appropriate
sized pointer mnenomic is for a given architecture.  I know .word
works for 32-bit sparc, and .xword works for 64-bit sparc.
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