From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: init/gcov: allow CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS on UML to fix module gcov On ARCH=um, loading a module doesn't result in its constructors getting called, which breaks module gcov since the debugfs files are never registered. On the other hand, in-kernel constructors have already been called by the dynamic linker, so we can't call them again. Get out of this conundrum by allowing CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS to be selected, but avoiding the in-kernel constructor calls. Also remove the "if !UML" from GCOV selecting CONSTRUCTORS now, since we really do want CONSTRUCTORS, just not kernel binary ones. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210120172041.c246a2cac2fb.I1358f584b76f1898373adfed77f4462c8705b736@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 1 - init/main.c | 8 +++++++- kernel/gcov/Kconfig | 2 +- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/init/Kconfig~init-gcov-allow-config_constructors-on-uml-to-fix-module-gcov +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ config CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE config CONSTRUCTORS bool - depends on !UML config IRQ_WORK bool --- a/init/main.c~init-gcov-allow-config_constructors-on-uml-to-fix-module-gcov +++ a/init/main.c @@ -1066,7 +1066,13 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sa /* Call all constructor functions linked into the kernel. */ static void __init do_ctors(void) { -#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS +/* + * For UML, the constructors have already been called by the + * normal setup code as it's just a normal ELF binary, so we + * cannot do it again - but we do need CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS + * even on UML for modules. + */ +#if defined(CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS) && !defined(CONFIG_UML) ctor_fn_t *fn = (ctor_fn_t *) __ctors_start; for (; fn < (ctor_fn_t *) __ctors_end; fn++) --- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig~init-gcov-allow-config_constructors-on-uml-to-fix-module-gcov +++ a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling" config GCOV_KERNEL bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling" depends on DEBUG_FS - select CONSTRUCTORS if !UML + select CONSTRUCTORS default n help This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage _