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From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
	 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
	 Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h
Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 14:40:05 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507-asm-generic-1-v2-1-47c52759d268@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507-asm-generic-1-v2-0-47c52759d268@gmail.com>

Move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to a new helper file:
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h and include it back into
vmlinux.lds.h.  This allows its reuse later to fix a failure to keep
dyndbg sections in some circumstances.

NOTES:

These macros are only for use in vmlinux.lds.h, where the _start &
_end symbols are needed.  Modules keep sections separate in ELF
sections, with their boundaries known, so the _start and _end are not
useful, and may confuse tools not expecting them.

This patch ignores a checkpatch warning, because new file is covered
by "GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES" in MAINTAINERS

CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
CC: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h          | 30 +------------------------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c29293ca7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_END_##_label_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_label_##_END_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 60c8c22fd3e4..f78300aea8f6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -211,35 +211,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_END_##_label_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_label_##_END_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 #define LIKELY_PROFILE()						\

-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-07 20:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-07 20:40 [PATCH v2 0/5] dyndbg: fix i386 alignment and KEEP module sections Jim Cromie
2026-05-07 20:40 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-05-07 20:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie
2026-05-07 20:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386 Jim Cromie
2026-05-07 20:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives Jim Cromie
2026-05-07 20:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Jim Cromie
2026-05-14  6:46   ` Petr Pavlu

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