[PATCH v14 02/92] vmlinux.lds.h: move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to reuse later

Jim Cromie jim.cromie at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 13:54:15 PDT 2026


Move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to a new helper file:
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
and include it back into vmlinux.lds.h

This allows its reuse later to fix a future problem with modules
failing to keep dyndbg sections in some circumstances.

NB: this ignores a checkpatch warning, because new file is covered by
GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES

CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
CC: linux-arch at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie at gmail.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h          | 32 +------------------------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43e79603d4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	. = ALIGN(8);							\
+	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_END_##_label_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	. = ALIGN(8);							\
+	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_label_##_END_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index db38f52035f3..acb4aadd74da 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -211,37 +211,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	. = ALIGN(8);							\
-	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_END_##_label_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	. = ALIGN(8);							\
-	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_label_##_END_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 #define LIKELY_PROFILE()						\

-- 
2.53.0




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