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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 /arch/Kconfig | |
| parent | 4febd95a8a85dd38b1a71fcf9726e19c7fd20039 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b92021b09df70c1609e3547f3d6128dd560be97f.tar.bz2 | |
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 'arch/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/Kconfig | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 1455579791ec..7b433a4bcc28 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL Modules only use ELF REL relocations. Modules with ELF RELA relocations will give an error. +config HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX + bool + help + Some architectures generate an _ in front of C symbols; things like + module loading and assembly files need to know about this. + # # ABI hall of shame # |