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diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 1e5c131d5c9a..e30104ceb86d 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -41,22 +41,11 @@
discard it in modules) */
#define __init __section(.init.text) __cold notrace __latent_entropy
#define __initdata __section(.init.data)
-#define __initconst __constsection(.init.rodata)
+#define __initconst __section(.init.rodata)
#define __exitdata __section(.exit.data)
#define __exit_call __used __section(.exitcall.exit)
/*
- * Some architecture have tool chains which do not handle rodata attributes
- * correctly. For those disable special sections for const, so that other
- * architectures can annotate correctly.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_BROKEN_RODATA
-#define __constsection(x)
-#else
-#define __constsection(x) __section(x)
-#endif
-
-/*
* modpost check for section mismatches during the kernel build.
* A section mismatch happens when there are references from a
* code or data section to an init section (both code or data).
@@ -75,7 +64,7 @@
*/
#define __ref __section(.ref.text) noinline
#define __refdata __section(.ref.data)
-#define __refconst __constsection(.ref.rodata)
+#define __refconst __section(.ref.rodata)
#ifdef MODULE
#define __exitused
@@ -89,10 +78,10 @@
#define __meminit __section(.meminit.text) __cold notrace \
__latent_entropy
#define __meminitdata __section(.meminit.data)
-#define __meminitconst __constsection(.meminit.rodata)
+#define __meminitconst __section(.meminit.rodata)
#define __memexit __section(.memexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
#define __memexitdata __section(.memexit.data)
-#define __memexitconst __constsection(.memexit.rodata)
+#define __memexitconst __section(.memexit.rodata)
/* For assembly routines */
#define __HEAD .section ".head.text","ax"
@@ -151,24 +140,8 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-#ifdef CONFIG_LTO
-/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
- * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
- * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
- * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
- * deleted by the linker.
- */
-#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \
- ; /* yes this is needed */ \
- static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void) \
- { \
- return &x; \
- }
-#else
-#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x)
-#endif
-
-/* initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate
+/*
+ * initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate
* subsections. Ordering inside the subsections is determined
* by link order.
* For backwards compatibility, initcall() puts the call in
@@ -176,12 +149,16 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
*
* The `id' arg to __define_initcall() is needed so that multiple initcalls
* can point at the same handler without causing duplicate-symbol build errors.
+ *
+ * Initcalls are run by placing pointers in initcall sections that the
+ * kernel iterates at runtime. The linker can do dead code / data elimination
+ * and remove that completely, so the initcall sections have to be marked
+ * as KEEP() in the linker script.
*/
#define __define_initcall(fn, id) \
static initcall_t __initcall_##fn##id __used \
- __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; \
- LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(__initcall_##fn##id)
+ __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn;
/*
* Early initcalls run before initializing SMP.
@@ -217,15 +194,15 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
#define __initcall(fn) device_initcall(fn)
-#define __exitcall(fn) \
+#define __exitcall(fn) \
static exitcall_t __exitcall_##fn __exit_call = fn
-#define console_initcall(fn) \
- static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \
+#define console_initcall(fn) \
+ static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \
__used __section(.con_initcall.init) = fn
-#define security_initcall(fn) \
- static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \
+#define security_initcall(fn) \
+ static initcall_t __initcall_##fn \
__used __section(.security_initcall.init) = fn
struct obs_kernel_param {
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