linux-kernel - [PATCH] serial: icom: Fix namespace collision and startup() section placement with -ffunction-sections

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Message-ID: <45630ac97b19b8d3194763fe7f54bb3b498f3728.1763533593.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:27:57 -0800
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] serial: icom: Fix namespace collision and 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 icom_startup().  For consistency, also
rename its shutdown() counterpart to icom_shutdown().

Fixes: 6568f14cb5ae ("vmlinux.lds: Exclude .text.startup and .text.exit from TEXT_MAIN")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511151839.A810rWWM-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
For tip/objtool/core.

 drivers/tty/serial/icom.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
index 7fb995a8490e..d00903cfa841 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static void load_code(struct icom_port *icom_port)
 		dma_free_coherent(&dev->dev, 4096, new_page, temp_pci);
 }
 
-static int startup(struct icom_port *icom_port)
+static int icom_startup(struct icom_port *icom_port)
 {
 	unsigned long temp;
 	unsigned char cable_id, raw_cable_id;
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static int startup(struct icom_port *icom_port)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void shutdown(struct icom_port *icom_port)
+static void icom_shutdown(struct icom_port *icom_port)
 {
 	unsigned long temp;
 	unsigned char cmdReg;
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ static int icom_open(struct uart_port *port)
 	int retval;
 
 	kref_get(&icom_port->adapter->kref);
-	retval = startup(icom_port);
+	retval = icom_startup(icom_port);
 
 	if (retval) {
 		kref_put(&icom_port->adapter->kref, icom_kref_release);
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static void icom_close(struct uart_port *port)
 	cmdReg = readb(&icom_port->dram->CmdReg);
 	writeb(cmdReg & ~CMD_RCV_ENABLE, &icom_port->dram->CmdReg);
 
-	shutdown(icom_port);
+	icom_shutdown(icom_port);
 
 	kref_put(&icom_port->adapter->kref, icom_kref_release);
 }
-- 
2.51.1