Up until now, loadable modules have tacitly linked the 2 __dyndbg* sections into the .ko, as observable in log by enabling module.c's pr_debugs and loading a module. But now, we need to explicitly place the header sections in front of their respective __dyndbg* sections, so we reuse input section names for the output. This gives us the placement we need for the header record, which we can see in the "add-module:"s and elements "0 0" below: "0 0" lines are headers: predicate (function==module && !lineno) "X debug prints in" are 1 too high, they count headers. we are adding tables for empty modules (1st 2 below) [ 7.578873] dyndbg: add-module: ghash_clmulni_intel [ 7.579716] dyndbg: 0 0 ghash_clmulni_intel.ghash_clmulni_intel.0 [ 7.608995] dyndbg: 1 debug prints in module ghash_clmulni_intel [ 8.078085] dyndbg: add-module: rapl [ 8.078977] dyndbg: 0 0 rapl.rapl.0 [ 8.079584] dyndbg: 1 debug prints in module rapl [ 8.082009] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 0 fixed counters, 10737418240 ms ovfl timer [ 8.099294] dyndbg: add-module: intel_rapl_common [ 8.100177] dyndbg: 0 0 intel_rapl_common.intel_rapl_common.0 [ 8.101026] dyndbg: 1 1 intel_rapl_common.rapl_remove_package.1279 [ 8.101931] dyndbg: 2 2 intel_rapl_common.rapl_detect_domains.1245 [ 8.102836] dyndbg: 3 3 intel_rapl_common.rapl_detect_domains.1242 [ 8.103778] dyndbg: 4 4 intel_rapl_common.rapl_package_register_powercap.1159 [ 8.104960] dyndbg: 5 5 intel_rapl_common.rapl_package_register_powercap.1145 [ 8.106246] dyndbg: 6 6 intel_rapl_common.rapl_package_register_powercap.1114 [ 8.107302] dyndbg: 7 7 intel_rapl_common.rapl_package_register_powercap.1108 [ 8.108338] dyndbg: 8 8 intel_rapl_common.rapl_update_domain_data.1083 [ 8.109278] dyndbg: 9 9 intel_rapl_common.rapl_check_unit_atom.824 [ 8.110255] dyndbg: 10 10 intel_rapl_common.rapl_check_unit_core.796 [ 8.111361] dyndbg: 11 11 intel_rapl_common.rapl_read_data_raw.722 [ 8.112301] dyndbg: 12 12 intel_rapl_common.contraint_to_pl.303 [ 8.113276] dyndbg: 13 debug prints in module intel_rapl_common [ 8.130452] dyndbg: add-module: intel_rapl_msr [ 8.131140] dyndbg: 0 0 intel_rapl_msr.intel_rapl_msr.0 [ 8.132026] dyndbg: 1 1 intel_rapl_msr.rapl_msr_probe.172 [ 8.132818] dyndbg: 2 2 intel_rapl_msr.rapl_msr_read_raw.104 [ 8.133794] dyndbg: 3 debug prints in module intel_rapl_msr This gives us the property we need: fixed offset from &__dyndbg[N] to &__dyndbg[0] container_of gets &header header has ptr to __dyndbg_sites[] we can (in principle) drop __dyndbg.site ptr (after we adapt header to keep it) TODO: At this point, for loaded modules, ddebug_add_module() sees the header as 0'th element, as we need in order to drop site (and regain worst case footprint parity). It could/should properly init this header to support the _sites[n] lookup for loaded mods. Or at least handle it explicitly. Or at least see what proc-show does with it currently. Note that for builtins, decided by (__start <= dp < __stop), we use __start___dyndbg_sites[N] directly, and dont need the header. But maybe we should use it anyway, double-checking/BUGing when wrong. Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/module.lds.h | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/module.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/module.lds.h index f210d5c1b78b..328c48dfc88c 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/module.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/module.lds.h @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ /* * <asm/module.lds.h> can specify arch-specific sections for linking modules. - * Empty for the asm-generic header. + * + * For loadable modules with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG, we need to keep the + * 2 __dyndbg* ELF sections, which are loaded by module.c + * + * Pack the 2 __dyndbg* input sections with their respective + * .gnu.linkonce. header records into 2 output sections, with those + * header records in the 0th element. */ +SECTIONS { +__dyndbg_sites : ALIGN(8) { *(.gnu.linkonce.dyndbg_site) *(__dyndbg_sites) } +__dyndbg : ALIGN(8) { *(.gnu.linkonce.dyndbg) *(__dyndbg) } +} #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_MODULE_LDS_H */ -- 2.31.1