[PATCH v6 01/24] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h
From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-07-08 02:18:30
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dri-devel, linux-arch, linux-doc, lkml
Subsystem:
generic include/asm header files, the rest · Maintainers:
Arnd Bergmann, Linus Torvalds
Move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to a new helper file: include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h and include it back into vmlinux.lds.h. This allows its reuse later to fix a failure to keep dyndbg sections in some circumstances. NOTES: These macros are only for use in vmlinux.lds.h, where the _start & _end symbols are needed. Modules keep sections separate in ELF sections, with their boundaries known, so the _start and _end are not useful, and may confuse tools not expecting them. This patch ignores a checkpatch warning, because new file is covered by "GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES" in MAINTAINERS CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> CC: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> --- v3: move include to top --- include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 31 +------------------------ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c29293ca7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */ + +#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H +#define _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H + +#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \ + _BEGIN_##_label_ = .; \ + KEEP(*(_sec_)) \ + _END_##_label_ = .; + +#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \ + _label_##_BEGIN_ = .; \ + KEEP(*(_sec_)) \ + _label_##_END_ = .; + +#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \ + BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop) + +#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec) BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec) + +#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \ + _HDR_##_label_ = .; \ + KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \ + BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) + +#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \ + _label_##_HDR_ = .; \ + KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \ + BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) + +#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \ + HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop) + +#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec) HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec) + +#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 5659f4b5a125..f5ddf31b7f26 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ * [__nosave_begin, __nosave_end] for the nosave data */ +#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h> #include <asm-generic/codetag.lds.h> #ifndef LOAD_OFFSET
@@ -211,36 +212,6 @@ # endif #endif -#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \ - _BEGIN_##_label_ = .; \ - KEEP(*(_sec_)) \ - _END_##_label_ = .; - -#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \ - _label_##_BEGIN_ = .; \ - KEEP(*(_sec_)) \ - _label_##_END_ = .; - -#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \ - BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop) - -#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec) BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec) - -#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \ - _HDR_##_label_ = .; \ - KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \ - BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) - -#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \ - _label_##_HDR_ = .; \ - KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_)) \ - BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) - -#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_) \ - HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop) - -#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec) HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec) - #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING #define LIKELY_PROFILE() \ BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_ftrace_annotated_branch, _annotated_branch_profile)
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