From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 04/24] vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:18:04 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707-dd-maint-2-v6-4-381f3edb0045@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707-dd-maint-2-v6-0-381f3edb0045@gmail.com>
The BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL and BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL macros
were recently updated to inherently enforce an 8-byte alignment. This
makes the explicit '. = ALIGN(8);' statements preceding 'naked' macro
calls in vmlinux.lds.h redundant.
Remove these redundant alignment directives to clean up the file and
clarify that the macros handle their own alignment padding.
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 13 -------------
1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f29fc079e37e..3758a79d0430 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
#define KPROBE_BLACKLIST() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION(_kprobe_blacklist)
#else
#define KPROBE_BLACKLIST()
@@ -244,7 +243,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
#define FTRACE_EVENTS() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION(_ftrace_events) \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_ftrace_eval_map, _ftrace_eval_maps)
#else
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
#define TRACE_SYSCALLS() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__syscalls_metadata, _syscalls_metadata)
#else
#define TRACE_SYSCALLS()
@@ -276,7 +273,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON
#define EARLYCON_TABLE() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(__earlycon_table, __earlycon_table, , _end)
#else
#define EARLYCON_TABLE()
@@ -284,11 +280,9 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
#define LSM_TABLE() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(.lsm_info.init, _lsm_info, __start, __end)
#define EARLY_LSM_TABLE() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(.early_lsm_info.init, _early_lsm_info, __start, __end)
#else
#define LSM_TABLE()
@@ -314,7 +308,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
#define ACPI_PROBE_TABLE(name) \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(__##name##_acpi_probe_table, \
__##name##_acpi_probe_table,, _end)
#else
@@ -323,7 +316,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL
#define THERMAL_TABLE(name) \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(__##name##_thermal_table, \
__##name##_thermal_table,, _end)
#else
@@ -403,12 +395,10 @@
__end_init_stack = .;
#define JUMP_TABLE_DATA \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__jump_table, ___jump_table)
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE
#define STATIC_CALL_DATA \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.static_call_sites, _static_call_sites) \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.static_call_tramp_key, _static_call_tramp_key)
#else
@@ -453,7 +443,6 @@
*(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.data.rel.ro*) \
SCHED_DATA \
RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA /* Read only after init */ \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(__tracepoints_ptrs, ___tracepoints_ptrs) \
*(__tracepoints_strings)/* Tracepoints: strings */ \
} \
@@ -947,12 +936,10 @@
/* Alignment must be consistent with (kunit_suite *) in include/kunit/test.h */
#define KUNIT_TABLE() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(.kunit_test_suites, __kunit_suites, _start, _end)
/* Alignment must be consistent with (kunit_suite *) in include/kunit/test.h */
#define KUNIT_INIT_TABLE() \
- . = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(.kunit_init_test_suites, \
__kunit_init_suites, _start, _end)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 2:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 2:18 [PATCH v6 00/24] fix dynamic-debug classmaps API for DRM Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 01/24] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 02/24] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 03/24] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386 Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 05/24] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 06/24] dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 07/24] dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 08/24] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_" Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 09/24] dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 10/24] dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARGS Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08 19:30 ` jim.cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 11/24] dyndbg: bump num-tokens in a query-cmd from 9 to 15 Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 12/24] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 13/24] lib/parser: add match_wildcard_hyphen() for agnostic matching Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 14/24] dyndbg: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 15/24] dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08 19:28 ` jim.cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 16/24] dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 17/24] dyndbg: replace classmap list with an array-slice Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 18/24] dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 19/24] dyndbg: pin class param storage to u32 Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08 20:48 ` jim.cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 20/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 21/24] dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 22/24] dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 23/24] dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08 2:18 ` [PATCH v6 24/24] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-07-08 2:36 ` sashiko-bot
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