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Message-Id: <1377247176-13537-5-git-send-email-fhrbata@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:39:36 +0200
From: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: jstancek@...hat.com, keescook@...omium.org,
peter.oberparleiter@...ibm.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, mgahagan@...hat.com,
agospoda@...hat.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kernel: add support for init_array constructors
This adds the .init_array section as yet another section with constructors. This
is needed because gcc is adding __gcov_init calls to .init_array.
Signed-off-by: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@...hat.com>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 1 +
include/linux/module.h | 2 ++
kernel/module.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 69732d2..c55d8d9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@
#define KERNEL_CTORS() . = ALIGN(8); \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
*(.ctors) \
+ *(.init_array) \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_end) = .;
#else
#define KERNEL_CTORS()
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 46f1ea0..89ff829 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ struct module
/* Constructor functions. */
ctor_fn_t *ctors;
unsigned int num_ctors;
+ ctor_fn_t *init_array;
+ unsigned int num_init_array;
#endif
};
#ifndef MODULE_ARCH_INIT
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2069158..581ae89 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2760,6 +2760,9 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
mod->ctors = section_objs(info, ".ctors",
sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors);
+ mod->init_array = section_objs(info, ".init_array",
+ sizeof(*mod->init_array),
+ &mod->num_init_array);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
@@ -3024,6 +3027,9 @@ static void do_mod_ctors(struct module *mod)
for (i = 0; i < mod->num_ctors; i++)
mod->ctors[i]();
+
+ for (i = 0; i < mod->num_init_array; i++)
+ mod->init_array[i]();
#endif
}
--
1.8.3.1
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