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kernel: constructor support

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Call constructors (gcc-generated initcall-like functions) during kernel
start and module load.  Constructors are e.g.  used for gcov data
initialization.

Disable constructor support for usermode Linux to prevent conflicts with
host glibc.

Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Li Wei <W.Li@Sun.COM>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Peter Oberparleiter 2009-06-17 16:28:03 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
parent e24aca672f
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include/asm-generic/sections.h
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@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[];
extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
/* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
extern char __ctors_start[], __ctors_end[];
/* function descriptor handling (if any). Override
* in asm/sections.h */
#ifndef dereference_function_descriptor