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Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:12:53 +0100
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Vincent Sanders <vincent.sanders@...labora.co.uk>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Vincent Sanders <vince@...labora.co.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Allow constructor name selection by architecture.
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:06:14AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:30:05PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 07:33:37PM +0100, Vincent Sanders wrote:
> > > From: Vincent Sanders <vince@...labora.co.uk>
> > >
> > > The constructor symbol name is different between platforms. Allow this
> > > to be selected by configuration and set suitable default values.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders <vincent.sanders@...labora.co.uk>
> > > ---
> > > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 6 +++---
> > > init/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
> > > kernel/module.c | 2 +-
> > > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > > index 8aeadf6..fd34808 100644
> > > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > > @@ -471,9 +471,9 @@
> > > }
> > >
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
> > > -#define KERNEL_CTORS() . = ALIGN(8); \
> > > - VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
> > > - *(.ctors) \
> > > +#define KERNEL_CTORS() . = ALIGN(8); \
> > > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
> > > + *(CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS_NAME) \
> > > VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_end) = .;
> >
> > What is wrong with adding both "standard" names for ctors uncnditionally?
> > Like this:
> > > *(.ctors) \
> > > + *(.init_array) \
>
> That doesn't get rid of CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS_NAME, because it's needed
> in the module code. Do you have a suggestion to solve that as well?
Ping.
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