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| author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2013-03-15 15:04:17 +1030 |
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| committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2013-03-15 15:09:43 +1030 |
| commit | b92021b09df70c1609e3547f3d6128dd560be97f (patch) | |
| tree | 0203752a738c71718f5141b84f5143d1dc8b431d /include/linux/export.h | |
| parent | 4febd95a8a85dd38b1a71fcf9726e19c7fd20039 (diff) | |
CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.
We have CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX, which three archs define to the string
"_". But Al Viro broke this in "consolidate cond_syscall and
SYSCALL_ALIAS declarations" (in linux-next), and he's not the first to
do so.
Using CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is awkward, since we usually just want to
prefix it so something. So various places define helpers which are
defined to nothing if CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX isn't set:
1) include/asm-generic/unistd.h defines __SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h defines VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym)
3) include/linux/export.h defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
4) include/linux/kernel.h defines SYMBOL_PREFIX (which differs from #7)
5) kernel/modsign_certificate.S defines ASM_SYMBOL(sym)
6) scripts/modpost.c defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
7) scripts/Makefile.lib defines SYMBOL_PREFIX on the commandline if
CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is set, so that we have a non-string version
for pasting.
(arch/h8300/include/asm/linkage.h defines SYMBOL_NAME(), too).
Let's solve this properly:
1) No more generic prefix, just CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) Make linux/export.h usable from asm.
3) Define VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR().
4) Make everyone use them.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> (metag)
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/export.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/export.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h index 696c0f48afc..412cd509eff 100644 --- a/include/linux/export.h +++ b/include/linux/export.h @@ -5,17 +5,24 @@ * to reduce the amount of pointless cruft we feed to gcc when only * exporting a simple symbol or two. * - * If you feel the need to add #include <linux/foo.h> to this file - * then you are doing something wrong and should go away silently. + * Try not to add #includes here. It slows compilation and makes kernel + * hackers place grumpy comments in header files. */ /* Some toolchains use a `_' prefix for all user symbols. */ -#ifdef CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX -#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX +#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) _##x +#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) "_" #x #else -#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX "" +#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) x +#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) #x #endif +/* Indirect, so macros are expanded before pasting. */ +#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) __VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) +#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) + +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ struct kernel_symbol { unsigned long value; @@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ extern struct module __this_module; __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \ static const char __kstrtab_##sym[] \ __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \ - = MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #sym; \ + = VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(sym); \ static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \ __used \ __attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), unused)) \ @@ -85,5 +92,6 @@ extern struct module __this_module; #define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */ +#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */ |