On 03/14/2018 06:48 PM, Daniel Kurtz wrote: > Commit 470ca0de69fe ("serial: earlycon: Enable earlycon without command > line param") added EARLYCON_TABLE(). > > Commit 99492c39f39f ("earlycon: Fix __earlycon_table stride") referenced > commit 07fca0e57fca92 ("tracing: Properly align linker defined symbols") > and tried to fix EARLYCON_TABLE() using __aligned(32). > > However, the fix copied just works around compiler behavior. In fact, it > was subsequently re-implemented for tracing using a table of pointers in > commit 3d56e331b653 ("tracing: Replace syscall_meta_data struct array with > pointer array"), commit 654986462939 ("tracepoints: Fix section alignment > using pointer array") and commit e4a9ea5ee7c8 ("tracing: Replace > trace_event struct array with pointer array"). > > Let's do the same "array of pointers to structs" approach for > EARLYCON_TABLE. Please describe what the problem is instead of just what the fix is. Thanks. > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes since v1: > * Change __earlycon_table to an array of pointers. > > Note: I do not have a convenient system to test the of/fdt.c part of this > patch, so would apreciate help verifying it. Thanks! > > drivers/of/fdt.c | 7 +++++-- > drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 6 ++++-- > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +- > include/linux/serial_core.h | 21 ++++++++++++++------- > 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c > index 84aa9d676375..6da20b9688f7 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c > +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c > @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void) > int offset; > const char *p, *q, *options = NULL; > int l; > - const struct earlycon_id *match; > + const struct earlycon_id **p_match; > const void *fdt = initial_boot_params; > > offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen"); > @@ -969,7 +969,10 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout(void) > return 0; > } > > - for (match = __earlycon_table; match < __earlycon_table_end; match++) { > + for (p_match = __earlycon_table; p_match < __earlycon_table_end; > + p_match++) { > + const struct earlycon_id *match = *p_match; > + > if (!match->compatible[0]) > continue; > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c > index a24278380fec..22683393a0f2 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c > @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int __init register_earlycon(char *buf, const struct earlycon_id *match) > */ > int __init setup_earlycon(char *buf) > { > - const struct earlycon_id *match; > + const struct earlycon_id **p_match; > > if (!buf || !buf[0]) > return -EINVAL; > @@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ int __init setup_earlycon(char *buf) > if (early_con.flags & CON_ENABLED) > return -EALREADY; > > - for (match = __earlycon_table; match < __earlycon_table_end; match++) { > + for (p_match = __earlycon_table; p_match < __earlycon_table_end; > + p_match++) { > + const struct earlycon_id *match = *p_match; > size_t len = strlen(match->name); > > if (strncmp(buf, match->name, len)) > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > index 1ab0e520d6fc..e17de55c2542 100644 > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ > #endif > > #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON > -#define EARLYCON_TABLE() STRUCT_ALIGN(); \ > +#define EARLYCON_TABLE() . = ALIGN(8); \ > VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__earlycon_table) = .; \ > KEEP(*(__earlycon_table)) \ > VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__earlycon_table_end) = .; > diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h > index b32df49a3bd5..93b7add47087 100644 > --- a/include/linux/serial_core.h > +++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h > @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ struct earlycon_id { > char name[16]; > char compatible[128]; > int (*setup)(struct earlycon_device *, const char *options); > -} __aligned(32); > +}; > > -extern const struct earlycon_id __earlycon_table[]; > -extern const struct earlycon_id __earlycon_table_end[]; > +extern const struct earlycon_id *__earlycon_table[]; > +extern const struct earlycon_id *__earlycon_table_end[]; > > #if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON) && !defined(MODULE) > #define EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED __used > @@ -362,12 +362,19 @@ extern const struct earlycon_id __earlycon_table_end[]; > #define EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED __maybe_unused > #endif > > -#define OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, compat, fn) \ > - static const struct earlycon_id __UNIQUE_ID(__earlycon_##_name) \ > - EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED __section(__earlycon_table) \ > +#define _OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, compat, fn, unique_id) \ > + static const struct earlycon_id unique_id \ > + EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED __initdata \ > = { .name = __stringify(_name), \ > .compatible = compat, \ > - .setup = fn } > + .setup = fn }; \ > + static const struct earlycon_id EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED \ > + __section(__earlycon_table) \ > + * const __PASTE(__p, unique_id) = &unique_id > + > +#define OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, compat, fn) \ > + _OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, compat, fn, \ > + __UNIQUE_ID(__earlycon_##_name)) > > #define EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, fn) OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, "", fn) > > -- ~Randy