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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-10-30 19:42:58 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-10-30 19:42:58 +0300
commit27058af401e49d88a905df000dd26f443fcfa8ce (patch)
tree819f32113d3b8374b9fbf72e2202d4c4d4511a60 /include/linux/compiler.h
parent357f4aae859b5d74554b0ccbb18556f1df4166c3 (diff)
parent2a26d99b251b8625d27aed14e97fc10707a3a81f (diff)
downloadlinux-27058af401e49d88a905df000dd26f443fcfa8ce.tar.xz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Mostly simple overlapping changes. For example, David Ahern's adjacency list revamp in 'net-next' conflicted with an adjacency list traversal bug fix in 'net'. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 668569844d37..cf0fa5d86059 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect);
# define unreachable() do { } while (1)
#endif
+/*
+ * KENTRY - kernel entry point
+ * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used
+ * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example,
+ * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found
+ * programatically.
+ *
+ * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those
+ * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts).
+ *
+ * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the
+ * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire
+ * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data.
+ */
+#ifndef KENTRY
+# define KENTRY(sym) \
+ extern typeof(sym) sym; \
+ static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym \
+ __used \
+ __attribute__((section("___kentry" "+" #sym ), used)) \
+ = (unsigned long)&sym;
+#endif
+
#ifndef RELOC_HIDE
# define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \
({ unsigned long __ptr; \
@@ -406,6 +429,10 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
# define __attribute_const__ /* unimplemented */
#endif
+#ifndef __latent_entropy
+# define __latent_entropy
+#endif
+
/*
* Tell gcc if a function is cold. The compiler will assume any path
* directly leading to the call is unlikely.