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author | Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> | 2013-06-11 14:17:32 +0200 |
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committer | Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> | 2013-06-21 23:04:43 +0200 |
commit | df84502edffd1da48588a212b402602f032ed53d (patch) | |
tree | bcceb2b6665e8cad9a3ade14f86698e57446f14d /arch/arm/lib/bss.c | |
parent | 09d81184e103a07825d9f16e86e37c28d3605568 (diff) | |
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arm: generalize lib/bss.c into lib/sections.c
File arch/arm/lib/bss.c was initially defined for BSS only,
but is now going to also contain definitions for other
section-boundary-related symbols, so rename it for better
accuracy.
Also, remove useless 'used' attributes.
Signed-off-by: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
Tested-by: Lubomir Popov <lpopov@mm-sol.com>
Tested-by: Jeroen Hofstee <jeroen@myspectrum.nl>
Reviewed-by: Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/lib/bss.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/lib/bss.c | 39 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/bss.c b/arch/arm/lib/bss.c deleted file mode 100644 index 99eda59137..0000000000 --- a/arch/arm/lib/bss.c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -/* - * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> - * - * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this - * project. - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as - * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of - * the License, or (at your option) any later version. - * - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - * GNU General Public License for more details. - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, - * MA 02111-1307 USA - */ - -/** - * These two symbols are declared in a C file so that the linker - * uses R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation, rather than the R_ARM_ABS32 one - * it would use if the symbols were defined in the linker file. - * Using only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation ensures that references to - * the symbols are correct after as well as before relocation. - * - * We need a 0-byte-size type for these symbols, and the compiler - * does not allow defining objects of C type 'void'. Using an empty - * struct is allowed by the compiler, but causes gcc versions 4.4 and - * below to complain about aliasing. Therefore we use the next best - * thing: zero-sized arrays, which are both 0-byte-size and exempt from - * aliasing warnings. - */ - -char __bss_start[0] __attribute__((used, section(".__bss_start"))); -char __bss_end[0] __attribute__((used, section(".__bss_end"))); |