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author | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> | 2008-01-28 20:21:15 +0100 |
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committer | Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> | 2008-01-28 23:21:19 +0100 |
commit | 312b1485fb509c9bc32eda28ad29537896658cb8 (patch) | |
tree | 875ad50025dd230e7097a46cbab4e1a57a3696e1 /include/linux/init.h | |
parent | e241a630374e06aecdae2884af8b652d3b4d6c37 (diff) | |
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Introduce new section reference annotations tags: __ref, __refdata, __refconst
Today we have the following annotations for functions/data
referencing __init/__exit functions / data:
__init_refok => for init functions
__initdata_refok => for init data
__exit_refok => for exit functions
There is really no difference between the __init and __exit
versions and simplify it and to introduce a shorter annotation
the following new annotations are introduced:
__ref => for functions (code) that
references __*init / __*exit
__refdata => for variables
__refconst => for const variables
Whit this annotation is it more obvious what the annotation
is for and there is no longer the arbitary division
between __init and __exit code.
The mechanishm is the same as before - a special section
is created which is made part of the usual sections
in the linker script.
We will start to see annotations like this:
-static struct pci_serial_quirk pci_serial_quirks[] = {
+static const struct pci_serial_quirk pci_serial_quirks[] __refconst = {
-----------------
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
+static struct notifier_block cpuid_class_cpu_notifier __refdata =
----------------
-static int threshold_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int __ref threshold_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
[The above is just random samples].
Note: No modifications were needed in modpost
to support the new sections due to the newly introduced
blacklisting.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/init.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/init.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index dde1eaa7766b..2efbda016741 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -52,12 +52,26 @@ * when early init has completed so all such references are potential bugs. * For exit sections the same issue exists. * The following markers are used for the cases where the reference to - * the init/exit section (code or data) is valid and will teach modpost - * not to issue a warning. + * the *init / *exit section (code or data) is valid and will teach + * modpost not to issue a warning. * The markers follow same syntax rules as __init / __initdata. */ -#define __init_refok noinline __section(.text.init.refok) -#define __initdata_refok __section(.data.init.refok) -#define __exit_refok noinline __section(.exit.text.refok) +#define __ref __section(.ref.text) noinline +#define __refdata __section(.ref.data) +#define __refconst __section(.ref.rodata) + +/* backward compatibility note + * A few places hardcode the old section names: + * .text.init.refok + * .data.init.refok + * .exit.text.refok + * They should be converted to use the defines from this file + */ + +/* compatibility defines */ +#define __init_refok __ref +#define __initdata_refok __refdata +#define __exit_refok __ref + #ifdef MODULE #define __exitused @@ -93,11 +107,9 @@ /* For assembly routines */ #define __INIT .section ".init.text","ax" -#define __INIT_REFOK .section ".text.init.refok","ax" #define __FINIT .previous #define __INITDATA .section ".init.data","aw" -#define __INITDATA_REFOK .section ".data.init.refok","aw" #define __DEVINIT .section ".devinit.text", "ax" #define __DEVINITDATA .section ".devinit.data", "aw" @@ -108,6 +120,14 @@ #define __MEMINIT .section ".meminit.text", "ax" #define __MEMINITDATA .section ".meminit.data", "aw" +/* silence warnings when references are OK */ +#define __REF .section ".ref.text", "ax" +#define __REFDATA .section ".ref.data", "aw" +#define __REFCONST .section ".ref.rodata", "aw" +/* backward compatibility */ +#define __INIT_REFOK .section __REF +#define __INITDATA_REFOK .section __REFDATA + #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ /* * Used for initialization calls.. |