[RFC 1/3] add support for exporting symbols from .S files

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Tue Aug 12 00:18:07 EST 2008


This makes it possible to export symbols from assembly files, instead
of having to export them through an extra ksyms.c file.

I found this nicer to implement using a gas macro than a cpp macro.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MODULE_H
 #define _LINUX_MODULE_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /*
  * Dynamic loading of modules into the kernel.
  *
@@ -605,4 +607,54 @@ static inline void module_remove_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
 
 #define __MODULE_STRING(x) __stringify(x)
 
+#else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+.macro __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym section symtab strtab
+	.section \section,"a", at progbits
+	.type \symtab, @object
+	.ifeq BITS_PER_LONG-32
+	.align 3
+\symtab:
+	.long \sym
+	.long \strtab
+	.else
+	.align 4
+\symtab:
+	.quad \sym
+	.quad \strtab
+	.endif
+	.size \symtab,.-\symtab
+	.previous
+
+	.section __ksymtab_strings,"a", at progbits
+	.type \strtab, @object
+\strtab:
+	.string "\sym"
+	.size \strtab,.-\strtab
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) \
+	 __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym,__ksymtab,__ksymtab_ ## sym,__kstrtab_ ## sym
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) \
+	 __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym,__ksymtab_gpl,__ksymtab_ ## sym,__kstrtab_ ## sym
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(sym) \
+	 __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym,__ksymtab_gpl_future,__ksymtab_ ## sym,__kstrtab_ ## sym
+#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym) \
+	 __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym,__ksymtab_unused,__ksymtab_ ## sym,__kstrtab_ ## sym
+#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) \
+	 __EXPORT_SYMBOL sym,__ksymtab_unused_gpl,__ksymtab_ ## sym,__kstrtab_ ## sym
+
+#else /* CONFIG_MODULES... */
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(sym)
+#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym)
+#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym)
+#endif /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_MODULE_H */




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