Wedson Almeida Filho [off-list ref] writes:

Hi Michael,

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 05:53, Wedson Almeida Filho [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Without this patch, module init sections are disabled by patching their
names in arch-specific code when they're loaded (which prevents code in
layout_sections from finding init sections). This patch uses the new
arch-specific module_init_section instead.

This allows modules that have .init_array sections to have the
initialisers properly called (on load, before init). Without this patch,
the initialisers are not called because .init_array is renamed to
_init_array, and thus isn't found by code in find_module_sections().

Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <redacted>
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 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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Would any additional clarification from my part be helpful here?

Just more patience ;)

I got an email saying it was under review (and checks passed) but
nothing appears to have happened since.

I actually put it in next late last week, but the emails got delayed due
to various gremlins.

cheers