linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2, part4 01/39] vmlinux.lds: add comments for global variables and clean up useless declarations

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Date:	Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:24:27 +0800
From:	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2, part4 01/39] vmlinux.lds: add comments for global variables and clean up useless declarations

This patch documents global variables exported from vmlinux.lds.
1) Add comments about usage guidelines for global variables exported
   from vmlinux.lds.S.
2) Remove unused __initdata_begin[] and __initdata_end[].

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/asm-generic/sections.h |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index c1a1216..f1a24b5 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@
 
 /* References to section boundaries */
 
+/*
+ * Usage guidelines:
+ * _text, _data: architecture specific, don't use them in arch-independent code
+ * [_stext, _etext]: contains .text.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
+ *                   and/or .init.* sections
+ * [_sdata, _edata]: contains .data.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
+ *                   and/or .init.* sections.
+ * [__start_rodata, __end_rodata]: contains .rodata.* sections
+ * [__init_begin, __init_end]: contains .init.* sections, but .init.text.*
+ *                   may be out of this range on some architectures.
+ * [_sinittext, _einittext]: contains .init.text.* sections
+ * [__bss_start, __bss_stop]: contains BSS sections
+ *
+ * Following global variables are optional and may be unavailable on some
+ * architectures and/or kernel configurations.
+ *	_text, _data
+ *	__kprobes_text_start, __kprobes_text_end
+ *	__entry_text_start, __entry_text_end
+ *	__ctors_start, __ctors_end
+ */
 extern char _text[], _stext[], _etext[];
 extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[];
 extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
@@ -12,7 +32,6 @@ extern char _end[];
 extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
 extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
 extern char __entry_text_start[], __entry_text_end[];
-extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[];
 extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
 
 /* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
-- 
1.7.9.5

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