[PATCH v3 16/27] compiler: Option to add PROVIDE_HIDDEN replacement for weak symbols

@@ -1954,6 +1954,13 @@ config ASN1
 	  inform it as to what tags are to be expected in a stream and what
 	  functions to call on what tags.
 
+config WEAK_PROVIDE_HIDDEN
+	bool
+	help
+	  Generate linker script PROVIDE_HIDDEN entries for all weak symbols. It
+	  allows to prevent non-pie code being replaced by the linker if the
+	  emit-relocs option is used instead of pie (useful for x86_64 pie).
+
 source "kernel/Kconfig.locks"
 
 config ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE

@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ kallsyms()
 	${CC} ${aflags} -c -o ${2} ${afile}
 }
 
+gen_weak_provide_hidden()
+{
+        if [ -n "${CONFIG_WEAK_PROVIDE_HIDDEN}" ]; then
+                local pattern="s/^\s\+ w \(\w\+\)$/PROVIDE_HIDDEN(\1 = .);/gp"
+                echo -e "SECTIONS {\n. = _end;" > .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+                ${NM} ${1} | sed -n "${pattern}" >> .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+                echo "}" >> .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+                LDFLAGS_vmlinux="${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -T .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld"
+        fi
+}
+
 # Create map file with all symbols from ${1}
 # See mksymap for additional details
 mksysmap()

@@ -226,6 +237,9 @@ modpost_link vmlinux.o
 # modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
 ${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o
 
+# Generate weak linker script
+gen_weak_provide_hidden vmlinux.o
+
 kallsymso=""
 kallsyms_vmlinux=""
 if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS}" ]; then