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With LTO, the compiler doesn't necessarily obey the link order for initcalls, and initcall variables need globally unique names to avoid collisions at link time. This change exports __KBUILD_MODNAME and adds the initcall_id() macro, which uses it together with __COUNTER__ and __LINE__ to help ensure these variables have unique names, and moves each variable to its own section when LTO is enabled, so the correct order can be specified using a linker script. The generate_initcall_ordering.pl script uses nm to find initcalls from the object files passed to the linker, and generates a linker script that specifies the same order for initcalls that we would have without LTO. With LTO enabled, the script is called in link-vmlinux.sh through jobserver-exec to limit the number of jobs spawned. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201211184633.3213045-8-samitolvanen@google.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.