Merge branch 'for-next/linkage' into for-next/core

* for-next/linkage:
  arm64: module: remove (NOLOAD) from linker script
  linkage: remove SYM_FUNC_{START,END}_ALIAS()
  x86: clean up symbol aliasing
  arm64: clean up symbol aliasing
  linkage: add SYM_FUNC_ALIAS{,_LOCAL,_WEAK}()

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index dbf8506decca..acb1ad2356f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -165,7 +165,18 @@
 #ifndef SYM_END
 #define SYM_END(name, sym_type)				\
 	.type name sym_type ASM_NL			\
-	.size name, .-name
+	.set .L__sym_size_##name, .-name ASM_NL		\
+	.size name, .L__sym_size_##name
+#endif
+
+/* SYM_ALIAS -- use only if you have to */
+#ifndef SYM_ALIAS
+#define SYM_ALIAS(alias, name, sym_type, linkage)			\
+	linkage(alias) ASM_NL						\
+	.set alias, name ASM_NL						\
+	.type alias sym_type ASM_NL					\
+	.set .L__sym_size_##alias, .L__sym_size_##name ASM_NL		\
+	.size alias, .L__sym_size_##alias
 #endif
 
 /* === code annotations === */
@@ -200,30 +211,8 @@
 	SYM_ENTRY(name, linkage, SYM_A_NONE)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS -- use where there are two local names for one
- * function
- */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS(name)		\
-	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_LOCAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
-#endif
-
-/*
- * SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS -- use where there are two global names for one
- * function
- */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(name)			\
-	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
-#endif
-
 /* SYM_FUNC_START -- use for global functions */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_START
-/*
- * The same as SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS, but we will need to distinguish these two
- * later.
- */
 #define SYM_FUNC_START(name)				\
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
 #endif
@@ -236,7 +225,6 @@
 
 /* SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL -- use for local functions */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL
-/* the same as SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS, see comment near SYM_FUNC_START */
 #define SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(name)			\
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_LOCAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
 #endif
@@ -259,22 +247,39 @@
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_WEAK, SYM_A_NONE)
 #endif
 
-/* SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS -- the end of LOCAL_ALIASed or ALIASed function */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(name)			\
-	SYM_END(name, SYM_T_FUNC)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * SYM_FUNC_END -- the end of SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL, SYM_FUNC_START,
  * SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK, ...
  */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_END
-/* the same as SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS, see comment near SYM_FUNC_START */
 #define SYM_FUNC_END(name)				\
 	SYM_END(name, SYM_T_FUNC)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * SYM_FUNC_ALIAS -- define a global alias for an existing function
+ */
+#ifndef SYM_FUNC_ALIAS
+#define SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(alias, name)					\
+	SYM_ALIAS(alias, name, SYM_T_FUNC, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_LOCAL -- define a local alias for an existing function
+ */
+#ifndef SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_LOCAL
+#define SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_LOCAL(alias, name)				\
+	SYM_ALIAS(alias, name, SYM_T_FUNC, SYM_L_LOCAL)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_WEAK -- define a weak global alias for an existing function
+ */
+#ifndef SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_WEAK
+#define SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_WEAK(alias, name)				\
+	SYM_ALIAS(alias, name, SYM_T_FUNC, SYM_L_WEAK)
+#endif
+
 /* SYM_CODE_START -- use for non-C (special) functions */
 #ifndef SYM_CODE_START
 #define SYM_CODE_START(name)				\