Re: [PATCH 1/4] kernel: constructor support

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:44:00 +0200
Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Call constructors (gcc-generated initcall-like functions) during
> kernel start and module load. Constructors are e.g. used for gcov data
> initialization.
> 
> Disable constructor support for usermode Linux to prevent conflicts
> with host glibc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
>
> ...
>
> --- linux-2.6.30-rc7.orig/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	2009-06-02 10:34:37.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.30-rc7/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	2009-06-02 10:35:20.000000000 +0200

Sam's tree has mucked with this file in linux-next.

> @@ -332,6 +332,14 @@
>  /* Section used for early init (in .S files) */
>  #define HEAD_TEXT  *(HEAD_TEXT_SECTION)
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
> +#define KERNEL_CTORS()	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
> +			*(.ctors)			   \
> +			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_end) = .;
> +#else
> +#define KERNEL_CTORS()
> +#endif
> +
>  /* init and exit section handling */
>  #define INIT_DATA							\
>  	*(.init.data)							\
> @@ -340,7 +348,8 @@
>  	CPU_DISCARD(init.data)						\
>  	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
>  	MEM_DISCARD(init.data)						\
> -	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)
> +	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
> +	KERNEL_CTORS()
>  

What we now have here is

#define INIT_DATA							\
	*(.init.data)							\
	DEV_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	CPU_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	MEM_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	*(.init.rodata)							\
	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)

and I don't think that you wanted KERNEL_DTORS() inside the .rodata
section, so I did this:

#define INIT_DATA							\
	*(.init.data)							\
	DEV_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	CPU_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	MEM_DISCARD(init.data)						\
	KERNEL_CTORS()							\
	*(.init.rodata)							\
	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)

Please check that?