Hi!
Apparently all kernel scripts only have .rodata and not also .rodata.* input
sections in it.
This has been no problem so far, but since binutils and gcc support SHF_MERGE
sections (so that string constant (and other constant too) duplicates can be
removed at link time) the compiler creates sections like .rodata.str1.1
and they really should be merged into the rodata output section
(or whatever else) during linking (the default binutils linker scripts are
doing this for ages).
On some architectures it creates no problems, just one more section in
section table (like i386), on others it causes the kernel not to boot at all
(e.g. on ia64).
Please apply.
--- linux/arch/alpha/boot/bootloader.lds.jj Sun Sep 6 13:34:33 1998
+++ linux/arch/alpha/boot/bootloader.lds Tue Jun 26 11:05:14 2001
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SECTIONS
.text : { *(.text) }
_etext = .;
PROVIDE (etext = .);
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.data : { *(.data) CONSTRUCTORS }
.got : { *(.got) }
.sdata : { *(.sdata) }
--- linux/arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds.in.jj Mon Jun 26 14:26:56 2000
+++ linux/arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds.in Tue Jun 26 11:05:24 2001
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SECTIONS
/* Global data */
_data = .;
.data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.data : { *(.data) CONSTRUCTORS }
.got : { *(.got) }
.sdata : { *(.sdata) }
--- linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in.jj Thu Feb 8 19:32:44 2001
+++ linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in Tue Jun 26 11:05:35 2001
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.fixup)
*(.gnu.warning)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.glue_7)
*(.glue_7t)
input_data = .;
--- linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in.jj Thu Feb 8 19:32:44 2001
+++ linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in Tue Jun 26 11:05:49 2001
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.warning)
*(.text.lock) /* out-of-line lock text */
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.glue_7)
*(.glue_7t)
*(.kstrtab)
--- linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in.jj Wed May 16 18:25:16 2001
+++ linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in Tue Jun 26 11:05:57 2001
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.warning)
*(.text.lock) /* out-of-line lock text */
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.glue_7)
*(.glue_7t)
*(.got) /* Global offset table */
--- linux/arch/cris/boot/compressed/decompress.ld.jj Fri Apr 6 13:42:55 2001
+++ linux/arch/cris/boot/compressed/decompress.ld Tue Jun 26 11:06:04 2001
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SECTIONS
_stext = . ;
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
_etext = . ;
} > dram
.data :
--- linux/arch/cris/cris.ld.jj Tue May 1 19:04:56 2001
+++ linux/arch/cris/cris.ld Tue Jun 26 11:06:23 2001
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.fixup)
*(.text.__*)
*(.rodata)
- *(.rodata.__*)
+ *(.rodata.*)
}
. = ALIGN(4); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.jj Wed Jan 3 23:45:26 2001
+++ linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:06:33 2001
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = .; /* End of text section */
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/ia64/boot/bootloader.lds.jj Sun Feb 6 21:42:40 2000
+++ linux/arch/ia64/boot/bootloader.lds Tue Jun 26 11:06:42 2001
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
/* Global data */
_data = .;
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.data : { *(.data) *(.gnu.linkonce.d*) CONSTRUCTORS }
__gp = ALIGN (8) + 0x200000;
.got : { *(.got.plt) *(.got) }
--- linux/arch/ia64/sn/fprom/fprom.lds.jj Thu Jan 4 16:00:15 2001
+++ linux/arch/ia64/sn/fprom/fprom.lds Tue Jun 26 11:07:02 2001
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SECTIONS
_data = .;
.rodata : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - 0x0000000000000000 )
- { *(.rodata) }
+ { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - 0x0000000000000000 )
{ *(.opd) }
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - 0x0000000000000000 )
--- linux/arch/ia64/vmlinux.lds.S.jj Thu Apr 5 15:51:47 2001
+++ linux/arch/ia64/vmlinux.lds.S Tue Jun 26 11:07:15 2001
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ SECTIONS
ia64_unw_end = .;
.rodata : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - PAGE_OFFSET)
- { *(.rodata) }
+ { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : AT(ADDR(.kstrtab) - PAGE_OFFSET)
{ *(.kstrtab) }
.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - PAGE_OFFSET)
--- linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux.lds.jj Sat Sep 4 16:06:41 1999
+++ linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:07:26 2001
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.text.lock) /* out-of-line lock text */
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x4e75
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds.jj Sat Sep 4 16:06:41 1999
+++ linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds Tue Jun 26 11:07:33 2001
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS
.data : { /* Data */
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.data)
CONSTRUCTORS
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/mips/baget/ld.script.balo.jj Fri Jun 25 20:40:12 1999
+++ linux/arch/mips/baget/ld.script.balo Tue Jun 26 11:08:11 2001
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ SECTIONS
_ftext = . ;
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
/* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em. */
*(.gnu.warning)
--- linux/arch/mips/dec/boot/ld.ecoff.jj Fri Jun 25 20:40:12 1999
+++ linux/arch/mips/dec/boot/ld.ecoff Tue Jun 26 11:08:24 2001
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SECTIONS
}
.rdata :
{
- *(.rodata .rdata)
+ *(.rodata .rodata.* .rdata)
}
.data :
{
--- linux/arch/mips/ld.script.big.jj Wed Jul 12 18:14:41 2000
+++ linux/arch/mips/ld.script.big Tue Jun 26 11:07:44 2001
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SECTIONS
_ftext = . ;
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
/* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em. */
*(.gnu.warning)
--- linux/arch/mips/ld.script.little.jj Wed Jul 12 18:14:41 2000
+++ linux/arch/mips/ld.script.little Tue Jun 26 11:07:54 2001
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SECTIONS
_ftext = . ;
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
/* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em. */
*(.gnu.warning)
--- linux/arch/mips64/ld.script.elf64.jj Wed Nov 29 00:42:04 2000
+++ linux/arch/mips64/ld.script.elf64 Tue Jun 26 11:08:35 2001
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SECTIONS
.text : {
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
/* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em. */
*(.gnu.warning)
--- linux/arch/mips64/ld.script.elf32.S.jj Wed Nov 29 00:42:04 2000
+++ linux/arch/mips64/ld.script.elf32.S Tue Jun 26 11:08:43 2001
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SECTIONS
{
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
/* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em. */
*(.gnu.warning)
--- linux/arch/parisc/vmlinux.lds.jj Tue Dec 5 15:29:39 2000
+++ linux/arch/parisc/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:08:54 2001
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
} = 0
. = ALIGN(16);
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
_etext = .; /* End of text section */
--- linux/arch/ppc/boot/pmac/ld.script.jj Thu May 24 18:02:07 2001
+++ linux/arch/ppc/boot/pmac/ld.script Tue Jun 26 11:09:04 2001
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SECTIONS
{
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
*(.got1)
}
--- linux/arch/ppc/boot/tree/ld.script.jj Thu May 24 18:02:07 2001
+++ linux/arch/ppc/boot/tree/ld.script Tue Jun 26 11:09:17 2001
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SECTIONS
{
*(.text)
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
*(.got1)
}
--- linux/arch/ppc/vmlinux.lds.jj Fri Aug 4 14:23:37 2000
+++ linux/arch/ppc/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:09:30 2001
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SECTIONS
.rodata :
{
*(.rodata)
+ *(.rodata.*)
*(.rodata1)
}
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
--- linux/arch/s390/vmlinux.lds.jj Tue Feb 13 17:13:44 2001
+++ linux/arch/s390/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:09:39 2001
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x0700
.text.lock : { *(.text.lock) } /* out-of-line lock text */
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/s390x/vmlinux.lds.jj Wed Apr 11 22:02:29 2001
+++ linux/arch/s390x/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:09:46 2001
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x0700
.text.lock : { *(.text.lock) } /* out-of-line lock text */
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/sh/vmlinux.lds.S.jj Fri Dec 29 17:07:20 2000
+++ linux/arch/sh/vmlinux.lds.S Tue Jun 26 11:09:54 2001
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x0009
.text.lock : { *(.text.lock) } /* out-of-line lock text */
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
. = ALIGN(16); /* Exception table */
--- linux/arch/sparc/vmlinux.lds.jj Thu Nov 9 18:57:41 2000
+++ linux/arch/sparc/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:10:03 2001
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
} =0
_etext = .;
PROVIDE (etext = .);
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.rodata1 : { *(.rodata1) }
.data :
{
--- linux/arch/sparc64/vmlinux.lds.jj Thu Nov 9 18:57:41 2000
+++ linux/arch/sparc64/vmlinux.lds Tue Jun 26 11:10:13 2001
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
} =0
_etext = .;
PROVIDE (etext = .);
- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
.rodata1 : { *(.rodata1) }
.data :
{
Jakub
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:53:51 -0400,
Jakub Jelinek <[email protected]> wrote:
>Apparently all kernel scripts only have .rodata and not also .rodata.* input
>sections in it.
>- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
>+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
Any reason not to use *(.rodata*) to cover all rodata sections? I see
no need for two input definitions, one works for me.
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:06:48PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:53:51 -0400,
> Jakub Jelinek <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Apparently all kernel scripts only have .rodata and not also .rodata.* input
> >sections in it.
> >- .rodata : { *(.rodata) }
> >+ .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
>
> Any reason not to use *(.rodata*) to cover all rodata sections? I see
> no need for two input definitions, one works for me.
The reason why I wrote it this way is so that it matches default ld linker
scripts:
...
.rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
.rodata1 : { *(.rodata1) }
...
Of course, *(.rodata*) would work as well and provided nobody creates
sections like .rodatafoo, the behaviour would be the same as well.
Jakub