This patch is preparation for replacing most ".data.read_mostly" in
the kernel with macros, so that the section name can later be changed
without having to touch a lot of the kernel.
The long-term goal here is to be able to change the kernel's magic
section names to those that are compatible with -ffunction-sections
-fdata-sections. This requires renaming all magic sections with names
of the form ".data.foo".
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 4b020e8..a4b4f4a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@
. = ALIGN(alignment); \
*(.data.init_task)
+#define READ_MOSTLY_DATA(alignment) \
+ . = ALIGN(alignment); \
+ *(.data.read_mostly)
+
#define RO_DATA(align) \
. = ALIGN((align)); \
.rodata : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
--
1.6.2.1
