kernel: constructor support
Call constructors (gcc-generated initcall-like functions) during kernel
start and module load. Constructors are e.g. used for gcov data
initialization.
Disable constructor support for usermode Linux to prevent conflicts with
host glibc.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Li Wei <W.Li@Sun.COM>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6bdba10..55413e5 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -440,12 +440,21 @@
INIT_TASK \
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
+#define KERNEL_CTORS() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
+ *(.ctors) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_end) = .;
+#else
+#define KERNEL_CTORS()
+#endif
+
/* init and exit section handling */
#define INIT_DATA \
*(.init.data) \
DEV_DISCARD(init.data) \
CPU_DISCARD(init.data) \
MEM_DISCARD(init.data) \
+ KERNEL_CTORS() \
*(.init.rodata) \
DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata) \
CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata) \