On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 11:53 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This macro is not used throughout the kernel. Delete it rather than > update the __section to be a fully spelled out > __attribute__((__section__())) to avoid > https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950. > > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> [ Linux v5.3-rc5 ] Patchset "for-5.3/x86-section-name-escaping" (5 patches): compiler_attributes.h: add note about __section include/linux/compiler.h: remove unused KENTRY macro include/linux: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h include/asm-generic: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h x86: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h Thanks. - Sedat - > --- > include/linux/compiler.h | 23 ----------------------- > 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h > index 5e88e7e33abe..f01c1e527f85 100644 > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h > @@ -136,29 +136,6 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val, > } while (0) > #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 \ > - __section("___kentry" "+" #sym ) \ > - = (unsigned long)&sym; > -#endif > - > #ifndef RELOC_HIDE > # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \ > ({ unsigned long __ptr; \ > -- > 2.23.0.rc1.153.gdeed80330f-goog >
