From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: export.h: fix section name for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS for Clang When enabling CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS, the linker will warn about the orphan sections: (".discard.ksym") is being placed in '".discard.ksym"' repeatedly when linking vmlinux. This is because the stringification operator, `#`, in the preprocessor escapes strings. GCC and Clang differ in how they treat section names that contain \". The portable solution is to not use a string literal with the preprocessor stringification operator. Link: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950 Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1166 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200929190701.398762-1-ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: commit bbda5ec671d3 ("kbuild: simplify dependency generation for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS") Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/export.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/include/linux/export.h~exporth-fix-section-name-for-config_trim_unused_ksyms-for-clang +++ a/include/linux/export.h @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct kernel_symbol { * discarded in the final link stage. */ #define __ksym_marker(sym) \ - static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(".discard.ksym") __used + static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(.discard.ksym) __used #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, ns) \ __ksym_marker(sym); \ _