On 12. 08. 19, 19:06, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> + Again, every ``SYM_CODE_START*`` **shall** be coupled by ``SYM_CODE_END``. > > Btw, this coupling: I haven't gone through the whole patchset but do we > have automatic checking which makes sure a starting macro is coupled > with the correct ending macro? I do, but it's not part of this series. It's a pinch of link-time magic, but it works reliably (see e.g. 1cbec37b3f9c). I will post it if/after this gets merged. There were other approaches proposed in the past too -- using objtool for that (not implemented). >> +Overriding Macros >> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> +Architecture can also override any of the macros in their own > > "Other architectures... " Not only "other", x86 can override the types if need be too. >> +``asm/linkage.h``, including macros specifying the type of a symbol >> +(``SYM_T_FUNC``, ``SYM_T_OBJECT``, and ``SYM_T_NONE``). As every macro >> +described in this file is surrounded by ``#ifdef`` + ``#endif``, it is enough >> +to define the macros differently in the aforementioned architecture-dependent >> +header. thanks, -- js suse labs
