Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild

[cascardo/linux.git] / include / linux / compiler.h

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 6685698..f1bfa15 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect);
 # define unreachable() do { } while (1)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * KENTRY - kernel entry point
+ * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used
+ * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example,
+ * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found
+ * programatically.
+ *
+ * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those
+ * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts).
+ *
+ * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the
+ * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire
+ * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data.
+ */
+#ifndef KENTRY
+# define KENTRY(sym)                                           \
+       extern typeof(sym) sym;                                 \
+       static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym               \
+       __used                                                  \
+       __attribute__((section("___kentry" "+" #sym ), used))   \
+       = (unsigned long)&sym;
+#endif
+
 #ifndef RELOC_HIDE
 # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off)                                  \
   ({ unsigned long __ptr;                                      \