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 5/5] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules
Date: Sat, 02 May 2026 18:05:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260502-asm-generic-1-v1-5-1103ee0152df@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260502-asm-generic-1-v1-0-1103ee0152df@gmail.com>
Several build configs had problems with __dyndbg* sections getting
lost in drm drivers. Fix this by following the model demonstrated in
codetag.lds.h.
Introduce include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h, to bundle dynamic-debug's
multiple sections together, into 2 macros:
vmlinux.lds.h DATA_DATA: move the 2 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg*)
calls into dyndbg.lds.h DYNDBG_SECTIONS(). vmlinux.lds.h now includes
the new file and calls the new macro.
MOD_DYNDBG_SECTIONS declares the 2 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY calls, but wraps
them with output section syntax to keep them as known and separate ELF
sections in the module.ko. The KEEP fixes the lost section.
dyndbg.lds.h includes (reuses) bounded-section.lds.h
scripts/module.lds.S: now calls MOD_DYNDBG_SECTIONS right before the
CODETAG macro (consistent with their placements in vmlinux.lds.h), and
also includes dyndbg.lds.h
This isolates vmlinux.lds.h from further __dyndbg section additions.
CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 6 ++----
scripts/module.lds.S | 2 ++
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2fb1c75afd16..182e50b0fad9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9070,6 +9070,7 @@ DYNAMIC DEBUG
M: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
M: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
S: Maintained
+F: include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h
F: include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
F: lib/dynamic_debug.c
F: lib/test_dynamic_debug.c
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f95683aa16b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_DYNDBG_LDS_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_DYNDBG_LDS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h>
+#define DYNDBG_SECTIONS() \
+ . = ALIGN(8); \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg, ___dyndbg) \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg_classes, ___dyndbg_classes)
+
+#define MOD_DYNDBG_SECTIONS() \
+ __dyndbg : { \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg, ___dyndbg) \
+ } \
+ __dyndbg_classes : { \
+ BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg_classes, ___dyndbg_classes) \
+ }
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_DYNDBG_LDS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index d9d2eb708355..54897d742c6c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
/*
* .data section
*/
+#include <asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h>
#define DATA_DATA \
*(.xiptext) \
*(DATA_MAIN) \
@@ -345,10 +346,7 @@
*(.data..do_once) \
STRUCT_ALIGN(); \
*(__tracepoints) \
- /* implement dynamic printk debug */ \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg_classes, ___dyndbg_classes) \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__dyndbg, ___dyndbg) \
+ DYNDBG_SECTIONS() \
CODETAG_SECTIONS() \
LIKELY_PROFILE() \
BRANCH_PROFILE() \
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index b62683061d79..2e62dc5bd5d4 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#endif
#include <asm-generic/codetag.lds.h>
+#include <asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h>
SECTIONS {
/DISCARD/ : {
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ SECTIONS {
*(.rodata..L*)
}
+ MOD_DYNDBG_SECTIONS()
MOD_SEPARATE_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-03 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-03 0:05 [PATCH 0/5] PATCH 0/6] dyndbg: fix i386 alignment and KEEP module sections Jim Cromie
2026-05-03 0:05 ` [PATCH 1/5] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h Jim Cromie
2026-05-03 0:05 ` [PATCH 2/5] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie
2026-05-03 0:05 ` [PATCH 3/5] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386 Jim Cromie
2026-05-03 0:05 ` [PATCH 4/5] vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives Jim Cromie
2026-05-03 0:05 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-05-05 7:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Petr Pavlu
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