On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:50 AM, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h > index 52e611ab9a6c..fe752d365334 100644 > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h > @@ -327,4 +327,15 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s > compiletime_assert(__native_word(t), \ > "Need native word sized stores/loads for atomicity.") > > +/* > + * Force the compiler to emit 'sym' as a symbol, so that we can reference > + * it from inline assembler. Necessary in case 'sym' could be inlined > + * otherwise, or eliminated entirely due to lack of references that are > + * visibile to the compiler. > + */ > +#define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \ > + static void *__attribute__((section(".discard.text"), used)) \ > + __PASTE(__discard_##sym, __LINE__)(void) \ > + { return (void *)&sym; } \ > + > #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */ Isn't this logically the point where you should add the arm64 vmlinux.lds.S change, and explain how ".discard.text" turns into ".init.discard.text" for some odd arm64 reason? Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html