On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 10:49:51PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > 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.)
The patch for LTO is not merged yet, this is all preparation. > > Why is this check for CONFIG_LTO needed? The comment just below describes the problem. Or is your question what LTO is? Link Time Optimization > > > +/* 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 -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/