linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to _

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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:12:31 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of
 __section(foo) to __section("foo")

On Wed, 2020-09-30 at 15:06 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Perhaps these are also possible files that need exclusions:
> 
> ./arch/x86/boot/video.h:#define __videocard struct card_info __section(".videocards") __attribute__((used))
> ./arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c:unsigned long *trampoline_32bit __section(".data");
> ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:static void __section(".inittext") serial_putchar(int ch)
> ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:static void __section(".inittext") bios_putchar(int ch)
> ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:void __section(".inittext") putchar(int ch)
> ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:void __section(".inittext") puts(const char *str)
> ./arch/s390/boot/startup.c:static struct diag210 _diag210_tmp_dma __section(".dma.data");
> ./arch/powerpc/boot/main.c:	__section("__builtin_cmdline");
> ./arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c:	__section("__builtin_cmdline");

It looks like all of the arch/x86, and arch/s390 files are fine
but both of the arch/powerpc/boot files need modification.