Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753981Ab1DPN1A (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:27:00 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:61797 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752285Ab1DPN01 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:26:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:in-reply-to :references; b=PtDhGhTTiqwSP79zyMjPoptCkvcdXA9H+7Rg/IFr000lUL48v8hmw4hRjf6qIhl/Hp +xOOKTPzSbGJhAvmCDR/5j9XdEm3/HFl7rOQWqkHWvGpfkNUr6qtoPurpXK2f+QP/3Ge DVg7t18VAYzTPwiguWKDWi5arMcDMGNtG4Y5g= From: Alessio Igor Bogani To: Rusty Russell , Tim Abbott , Anders Kaseorg , Jason Wessel , Tim Bird Cc: LKML , Linux Embedded , Alessio Igor Bogani Subject: [PATCH 2/4] module: Sort exported symbols Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:26:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1302960373-5309-3-git-send-email-abogani@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1302960373-5309-1-git-send-email-abogani@kernel.org> References: <1302960373-5309-1-git-send-email-abogani@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5830 Lines: 149 This patch places every exported symbol in its own section (i.e. "___ksymtab__printk"). Thus the linker will use its SORT() directive to sort and finally merge all symbol in the right and final section (i.e. "__ksymtab"). This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum. Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 20 ++++++++++---------- include/linux/module.h | 4 ++-- scripts/module-common.lds | 11 +++++++++++ 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index bd297a2..349e356 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -274,70 +274,70 @@ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \ __ksymtab : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab) = .; \ - *(__ksymtab) \ + *(SORT(___ksymtab__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */ \ __ksymtab_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \ - *(__ksymtab_gpl) \ + *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \ __ksymtab_unused : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused) = .; \ - *(__ksymtab_unused) \ + *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \ __ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \ - *(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) \ + *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \ __ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \ - *(__ksymtab_gpl_future) \ + *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl_future__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \ __kcrctab : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab) = .; \ - *(__kcrctab) \ + *(SORT(___kcrctab__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */ \ __kcrctab_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl) = .; \ - *(__kcrctab_gpl) \ + *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \ __kcrctab_unused : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused) = .; \ - *(__kcrctab_unused) \ + *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \ __kcrctab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .; \ - *(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) \ + *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .; \ } \ \ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \ __kcrctab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .; \ - *(__kcrctab_gpl_future) \ + *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl_future__*)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .; \ } \ \ diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 5de4204..cfb9563 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct module_use { extern void *__crc_##sym __attribute__((weak)); \ static const unsigned long __kcrctab_##sym \ __used \ - __attribute__((section("__kcrctab" sec), unused)) \ + __attribute__((section("___kcrctab" sec "__"#sym), unused)) \ = (unsigned long) &__crc_##sym; #else #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ struct module_use { = MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #sym; \ static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \ __used \ - __attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec), unused)) \ + __attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "__"#sym), unused)) \ = { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym } #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) \ diff --git a/scripts/module-common.lds b/scripts/module-common.lds index 47a1f9a..055a8d5 100644 --- a/scripts/module-common.lds +++ b/scripts/module-common.lds @@ -5,4 +5,15 @@ */ SECTIONS { /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) } + + __ksymtab : { *(SORT(___ksymtab__*)) } + __ksymtab_gpl : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl__*)) } + __ksymtab_unused : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused__*)) } + __ksymtab_unused_gpl : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl__*)) } + __ksymtab_gpl_future : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl_future__*)) } + __kcrctab : { *(SORT(___kcrctab__*)) } + __kcrctab_gpl : { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl__*)) } + __kcrctab_unused : { *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused__*)) } + __kcrctab_unused_gpl : { *(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl__*)) } + __kcrctab_gpl_future : { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl_future__*)) } } -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/