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| author | Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2009-06-17 16:28:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-18 13:03:57 -0700 |
| commit | b99b87f70c7785ab1e253c6220f4b0b57ce3a7f7 (patch) | |
| tree | ec5688052334448ec8edd3a1a9cb95cd68501ac7 /kernel/module.c | |
| parent | e24aca672ff06aff0e6a1045efab86043ea5f735 (diff) | |
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kernel: constructor support
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 215aaab09e91..38928fcaff2b 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, mod->unused_gpl_crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_unused_gpl"); #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS + mod->ctors = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, ".ctors", + sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors); +#endif #ifdef CONFIG_MARKERS mod->markers = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__markers", @@ -2389,6 +2393,17 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, goto free_hdr; } +/* Call module constructors. */ +static void do_mod_ctors(struct module *mod) +{ +#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS + unsigned long i; + + for (i = 0; i < mod->num_ctors; i++) + mod->ctors[i](); +#endif +} + /* This is where the real work happens */ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod, unsigned long, len, const char __user *, uargs) @@ -2417,6 +2432,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod, blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list, MODULE_STATE_COMING, mod); + do_mod_ctors(mod); /* Start the module */ if (mod->init != NULL) ret = do_one_initcall(mod->init); |