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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (79 commits)
  Remove references to "make dep"
  kconfig: document use of HAVE_*
  Introduce new section reference annotations tags: __ref, __refdata, __refconst
  kbuild: warn about ld added unique sections
  kbuild: add verbose option to Section mismatch reporting in modpost
  kconfig: tristate choices with mixed tristate and boolean values
  asm-generic/vmlix.lds.h: simplify __mem{init,exit}* dependencies
  remove __attribute_used__
  kbuild: support ARCH=x86 in buildtar
  kconfig: remove "enable"
  kbuild: simplified warning report in modpost
  kbuild: introduce a few helpers in modpost
  kbuild: use simpler section mismatch warnings in modpost
  kbuild: link vmlinux.o before kallsyms passes
  kbuild: introduce new option to enhance section mismatch analysis
  Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/__mem code/data
  compiler.h: introduce __section()
  all archs: consolidate init and exit sections in vmlinux.lds.h
  kbuild: check section names consistently in modpost
  kbuild: introduce blacklisting in modpost
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Linus Torvalds
2008-01-29 22:46:14 +11:00
parent 03bc26cfef d3883ecebb
commit 5ea293a904
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@@ -79,6 +79,38 @@ config HEADERS_CHECK
exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in
your build tree), to make sure they're suitable.
config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
default n
help
The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
references from one section to another section.
Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
most likely result in an oops.
In the code functions and variables are annotated with
__init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
which result in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
The section mismatch anaylsis are always done after a full
kernel build but enabling this options will in addition
do the following:
- Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
function we would loose the section information and thus
the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
This options tell gcc to inline less but will also
result in a larger kernel.
- Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
looses valueable information about where the mismatch was
introduced.
Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
source. The drawback is that we will report the same
mismatch at least twice.
- Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
the section mismatches reported.
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
help