Merge tag 'v3.15-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 3.15-rc1

* tag 'v3.15-rc1': (12180 commits)
  Linux 3.15-rc1
  mm: Initialize error in shmem_file_aio_read()
  cifs: Use min_t() when comparing "size_t" and "unsigned long"
  sym53c8xx_2: Set DID_REQUEUE return code when aborting squeue
  powerpc: Don't try to set LPCR unless we're in hypervisor mode
  futex: update documentation for ordering guarantees
  ceph: fix pr_fmt() redefinition
  vti: don't allow to add the same tunnel twice
  gre: don't allow to add the same tunnel twice
  drivers: net: xen-netfront: fix array initialization bug
  missing bits of "splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses"
  cifs: fix the race in cifs_writev()
  ceph_sync_{,direct_}write: fix an oops on ceph_osdc_new_request() failure
  pktgen: be friendly to LLTX devices
  r8152: check RTL8152_UNPLUG
  net: sun4i-emac: add promiscuous support
  net/apne: replace IS_ERR and PTR_ERR with PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO
  blackfin: cleanup board files
  bf609: clock: drop unused clock bit set/clear functions
  Blackfin: bf537: rename "CONFIG_ADT75"
  ...

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index e1688802964..a3ba2707634 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LTO
+/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
+ * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
+ * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
+ * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
+ * deleted by the linker.
+ */
+#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \
+	; /* yes this is needed */			\
+	static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void)	\
+	{						\
+		return &x;				\
+	}
+#else
+#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x)
+#endif
+
 /* initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate 
  * subsections. Ordering inside the subsections is determined
  * by link order. 
@@ -175,7 +192,8 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
 
 #define __define_initcall(fn, id) \
 	static initcall_t __initcall_##fn##id __used \
-	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn
+	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; \
+	LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(__initcall_##fn##id)
 
 /*
  * Early initcalls run before initializing SMP.