On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 12:01:32AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 08:48:53PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 May 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >
> > > This is the way I want to go where we have more complete
> > > definitions in the shared file and we try to keep the arch
> > > linker scripts to the arch specifc stuff.
> >
> > I like the general look of this. Indeed, I was planning to work on
> > something like this as a follow-on to the linker script cleanup work I've
> > done so far.
>
> Keep in mind that my primary goal here is to clean up the linker scripts.
> Support for -ffunction-sections is only a spin-off of that.
> This is why I try to take a broader look at it.
Here comes the reworked version.
I have addressed your comments (thanks!), and also
added a lot more stuff.
I'm especially found of the "minimal" linker script
contained in the beginning of the file.
This helped me to gain better understanding of the general
sturcture - And I then also quickly spotted when an
architecture does not follow the normal flow.
I have converted powerpc to the new scheme - which
I have done a test build of.
If/when we get this in I will help all architectures
to convert to use these new defines killing a lot
of duplication in the process.
But we need to get this stuff agreed on first.
Comments appreciated!
Sam
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 89853bc..91fe5d4 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -1,4 +1,60 @@
-#include <linux/section-names.h>
+/*
+ * Helper macros to support writing architecture specific
+ * linker scripts.
+ *
+ * A minimal linker scripts has following content:
+ *
+ * OUTPUT_FORMAT(...)
+ * OUTPUT_ARCH(...)
+ * ENTRY(...)
+ * SECTIONS
+ * {
+ * . = START;
+ * _stext = .;
+ * .text : {
+ * HEAD_TEXT
+ * TEXT_TEXT
+ * SCHED_TEXT
+ * LOCK_TEXT
+ * KPROBES_TEXT
+ * IRQENTRY_TEXT
+ * } = 0
+ * _etext = .;
+ *
+ * RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ * RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ * _edata = .;
+ *
+ * EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
+ * NOTES
+ *
+ * __init_begin = .;
+ * INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ * INIT_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ * PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+ * __init_end = .;
+ *
+ * BSS_SECTION(0, 0)
+ * _end = .;
+ *
+ * /DISCARD/ : {
+ * EXIT_TEXT
+ * EXIT_DATA
+ * *(.exitcall.exit)
+ * }
+ * STABS_DEBUG
+ * DWARF_DEBUG
+ * }
+ *
+ * [_stext, _etext] is the text section
+ * [_etext, _edata] is the data section
+ * [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
+ *
+ * Some of the included output section include their own set of constants.
+ * Examples are: [__initramfs_start, __initramfs_end] for initramfs and
+ * [__nosave_begin, __nosave_end] for the nosave data
+ */
+ #include <linux/section-names.h>
#ifndef LOAD_OFFSET
#define LOAD_OFFSET 0
@@ -116,6 +172,35 @@
FTRACE_EVENTS() \
TRACE_SYSCALLS()
+/*
+ * Data section helpers
+ */
+#define NOSAVE_DATA \
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_begin) = .; \
+ *(.data.nosave) \
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_end) = .;
+
+#define PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(page_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(page_align); \
+ *(.data.page_aligned)
+
+#define READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align) \
+ . = ALIGN(align); \
+ *(.data.read_mostly)
+
+#define CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(align) \
+ . = ALIGN(align); \
+ *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
+
+#define INIT_TASK(align) \
+ . = ALIGN(align); \
+ *(.data.init_task)
+
+/*
+ * Read only Data
+ */
#define RO_DATA(align) \
. = ALIGN((align)); \
.rodata : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
@@ -332,6 +417,26 @@
/* Section used for early init (in .S files) */
#define HEAD_TEXT *(HEAD_TEXT_SECTION)
+/*
+ * Exception table
+ */
+#define EXCEPTION_TABLE(align) \
+ . = ALIGN(align); \
+ __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ex_table) = .; \
+ *(__ex_table) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ex_table) = .; \
+ }
+
+/*
+ * Init task
+ */
+#define INIT_TASK_DATA(align) \
+ . = ALIGN(align); \
+ .data.init_task : { \
+ INIT_TASK \
+ }
+
/* init and exit section handling */
#define INIT_DATA \
*(.init.data) \
@@ -363,9 +468,32 @@
CPU_DISCARD(exit.text) \
MEM_DISCARD(exit.text)
- /* DWARF debug sections.
- Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to
- the beginning of the section so we begin them at 0. */
+/*
+ * bss (Block started by Symbol) - uninitialized data
+ * zeroed during startup
+ */
+#define SBSS \
+ .sbss : AT(ADDR(.sbss) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ *(.sbss) \
+ *(.scommon) \
+ }
+
+#define BSS(bss_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(bss_align); \
+ .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_start) = .; \
+ *(.bss.page_aligned) \
+ *(.dynbss) \
+ *(.bss) \
+ *(COMMON) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_stop) = .; \
+ }
+
+/*
+ * DWARF debug sections.
+ * Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to
+ * the beginning of the section so we begin them at 0.
+ */
#define DWARF_DEBUG \
/* DWARF 1 */ \
.debug 0 : { *(.debug) } \
@@ -432,6 +560,12 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_notes) = .; \
}
+#define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(initsetup_align); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_start) = .; \
+ *(.init.setup) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_end) = .;
+
#define INITCALLS \
*(.initcallearly.init) \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__early_initcall_end) = .; \
@@ -453,6 +587,31 @@
*(.initcall7.init) \
*(.initcall7s.init)
+#define INIT_CALLS \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initcall_start) = .; \
+ INITCALLS \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initcall_end) = .;
+
+#define CON_INITCALL \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__con_initcall_start) = .; \
+ *(.con_initcall.init) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__con_initcall_end) = .;
+
+#define SECURITY_INITCALL \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_start) = .; \
+ *(.security_initcall.init) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_end) = .;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+#define INIT_RAM_FS \
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_start) = .; \
+ *(.init.ramfs) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_end) = .;
+#else
+#define INITRAMFS
+#endif
+
/**
* PERCPU_VADDR - define output section for percpu area
* @vaddr: explicit base address (optional)
@@ -509,3 +668,49 @@
*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned) \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_end) = .; \
}
+
+
+/*
+ * Definition of the high level *_SECTION macros
+ * They will fit only a subset of the architectures
+ */
+
+#define RO_DATA_SECTION(align) RO_DATA(align)
+
+/* use 0 as page_align if page_aligned data is not used */
+#define RW_DATA_SECTION(page_align, readmostly_align, cache_align, inittask_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
+ .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ DATA_DATA \
+ CONSTRUCTORS \
+ NOSAVE_DATA \
+ PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(page_align) \
+ READMOSTLY_DATA(readmostly_align) \
+ CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(cache_align) \
+ INIT_TASK(inittask_align) \
+ }
+
+#define INIT_TEXT_SECTION(inittext_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(inittext_align); \
+ .init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sinittext) = .; \
+ INIT_TEXT \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_einittext) = .; \
+ }
+
+#define INIT_DATA_SECTION(initsetup_align) \
+ .init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ INIT_DATA \
+ INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align) \
+ INIT_CALLS \
+ CON_INITCALL \
+ SECURITY_INITCALL \
+ INIT_RAM_FS \
+ }
+
+#define BSS_SECTION(sbss_align, bss_align) \
+ SBSS \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_start) = .; \
+ BSS(bss_align) \
+ . = ALIGN(4); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_stop) = .;
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