linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] media: atomisp: Fix startup() section placement with -ffunction-sections

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Message-ID: <bf8cd823a3f11f64cc82167913be5013c72afa57.1762991150.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:47:49 -0800
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] media: atomisp: Fix startup() section placement with -ffunction-sections

When compiling the kernel with -ffunction-sections (e.g., for LTO,
livepatch, dead code elimination, AutoFDO, or Propeller), the startup()
function gets compiled into the .text.startup section.  In some cases it
can even be cloned into .text.startup.constprop.0 or
.text.startup.isra.0.

However, the .text.startup and .text.startup.* section names are already
reserved for use by the compiler for __attribute__((constructor)) code.

This naming conflict causes the vmlinux linker script to wrongly place
startup() function code in .init.text, which gets freed during boot.

Fix that by renaming startup() to ov2722_startup().

Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Fixes: 6568f14cb5ae ("vmlinux.lds: Exclude .text.startup and .text.exit from TEXT_MAIN")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
index c7de7800799a..a4519babf37d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/i2c/atomisp-ov2722.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int ov2722_s_power(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int on)
 }
 
 /* TODO: remove it. */
-static int startup(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
+static int ov2722_startup(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 {
 	struct ov2722_device *dev = to_ov2722_sensor(sd);
 	struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int ov2722_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	dev->pixels_per_line = dev->res->pixels_per_line;
 	dev->lines_per_frame = dev->res->lines_per_frame;
 
-	ret = startup(sd);
+	ret = ov2722_startup(sd);
 	if (ret) {
 		int i = 0;
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int ov2722_set_fmt(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 				dev_err(&client->dev, "power up failed, continue\n");
 				continue;
 			}
-			ret = startup(sd);
+			ret = ov2722_startup(sd);
 			if (ret) {
 				dev_err(&client->dev, " startup FAILED!\n");
 			} else {
-- 
2.51.1