2 files changed, 54 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index c8eab637a2a7..681d866efb1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -280,6 +280,25 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr)
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
+/*
+ * Force the compiler to emit 'sym' as a symbol, so that we can reference
+ * it from inline assembler. Necessary in case 'sym' could be inlined
+ * otherwise, or eliminated entirely due to lack of references that are
+ * visible to the compiler.
+ */
+#define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \
+	static void * __attribute__((section(".discard.addressable"), used)) \
+		__PASTE(__addressable_##sym, __LINE__) = (void *)&sym;
+
+/**
+ * offset_to_ptr - convert a relative memory offset to an absolute pointer
+ * @off:	the address of the 32-bit offset value
+ */
+static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
+{
+	return (void *)((unsigned long)off + *off);
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef __optimize
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index ea7df303d68d..ae072bc5aacf 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 #define VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-struct kernel_symbol
-{
-	unsigned long value;
-	const char *name;
-};
-
 #ifdef MODULE
 extern struct module __this_module;
 #define THIS_MODULE (&__this_module)
@@ -54,17 +48,47 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
 #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+/*
+ * Emit the ksymtab entry as a pair of relative references: this reduces
+ * the size by half on 64-bit architectures, and eliminates the need for
+ * absolute relocations that require runtime processing on relocatable
+ * kernels.
+ */
+#define __KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec)					\
+	__ADDRESSABLE(sym)						\
+	asm("	.section \"___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym "\", \"a\"	\n"	\
+	    "	.balign	8					\n"	\
+	    "__ksymtab_" #sym ":				\n"	\
+	    "	.long	" #sym "- .				\n"	\
+	    "	.long	__kstrtab_" #sym "- .			\n"	\
+	    "	.previous					\n")
+
+struct kernel_symbol {
+	int value_offset;
+	int name_offset;
+};
+#else
+#define __KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec)					\
+	static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym		\
+	__attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), used))	\
+	= { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }
+
+struct kernel_symbol {
+	unsigned long value;
+	const char *name;
+};
+#endif
+
 /* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
 #define ___EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)					\
 	extern typeof(sym) sym;						\
 	__CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)						\
 	static const char __kstrtab_##sym[]				\
-	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1)))	\
+	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), used, aligned(1)))	\
 	= #sym;								\
-	static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym		\
-	__used								\
-	__attribute__((section("___ksymtab" sec "+" #sym), used))	\
-	= { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }
+	__KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec)
 
 #if defined(__DISABLE_EXPORTS)