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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 668569844d37..f1bfa15b6f9b 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect); # define unreachable() do { } while (1) #endif +/* + * KENTRY - kernel entry point + * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used + * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example, + * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found + * programatically. + * + * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those + * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts). + * + * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the + * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire + * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data. + */ +#ifndef KENTRY +# define KENTRY(sym) \ + extern typeof(sym) sym; \ + static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym \ + __used \ + __attribute__((section("___kentry" "+" #sym ), used)) \ + = (unsigned long)&sym; +#endif + #ifndef RELOC_HIDE # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \ ({ unsigned long __ptr; \ |