aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/include/linux/export.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/export.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/export.h33
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index 627841448293..fceb5e855717 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -82,16 +82,29 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
#else
-/* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
-#define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, ns) \
- extern typeof(sym) sym; \
- __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec); \
- static const char __kstrtab_##sym[] \
- __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), used, aligned(1))) \
- = #sym; \
- static const char __kstrtabns_##sym[] \
- __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), used, aligned(1))) \
- = ns; \
+/*
+ * For every exported symbol, do the following:
+ *
+ * - If applicable, place a CRC entry in the __kcrctab section.
+ * - Put the name of the symbol and namespace (empty string "" for none) in
+ * __ksymtab_strings.
+ * - Place a struct kernel_symbol entry in the __ksymtab section.
+ *
+ * note on .section use: we specify progbits since usage of the "M" (SHF_MERGE)
+ * section flag requires it. Use '%progbits' instead of '@progbits' since the
+ * former apparently works on all arches according to the binutils source.
+ */
+#define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, ns) \
+ extern typeof(sym) sym; \
+ extern const char __kstrtab_##sym[]; \
+ extern const char __kstrtabns_##sym[]; \
+ __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec); \
+ asm(" .section \"__ksymtab_strings\",\"aMS\",%progbits,1 \n" \
+ "__kstrtab_" #sym ": \n" \
+ " .asciz \"" #sym "\" \n" \
+ "__kstrtabns_" #sym ": \n" \
+ " .asciz \"" ns "\" \n" \
+ " .previous \n"); \
__KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec)
#endif