On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 14:05 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/init.h
> +++ b/include/linux/init.h
> @@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
>
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LTO
I can't find a Kconfig symbol LTO nor a preprocessor define for
CONFIG_LTO. (I only checked master of Linus's tree and linux-next.)
Why is this check for CONFIG_LTO needed?
> +/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
> + * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
> + * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
> + * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
> + * deleted by the linker.
> + */
> +#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \
> + ; /* yes this is needed */ \
> + static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void) \
> + { \
> + return &x; \
> + }
> +#else
> +#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x)
> +#endif
Paul Bolle
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