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>
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INIT_TASK \
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#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
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#define KERNEL_CTORS() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_start) = .; \
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*(.ctors) \
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VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__ctors_end) = .;
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#else
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#define KERNEL_CTORS()
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#endif
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/* init and exit section handling */
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#define INIT_DATA \
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*(.init.data) \
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DEV_DISCARD(init.data) \
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CPU_DISCARD(init.data) \
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MEM_DISCARD(init.data) \
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KERNEL_CTORS() \
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*(.init.rodata) \
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DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata) \
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CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata) \
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