Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next

* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (53 commits)
  .gitignore: ignore *.lzma files
  kbuild: add generic --set-str option to scripts/config
  kbuild: simplify argument loop in scripts/config
  kbuild: handle non-existing options in scripts/config
  kallsyms: generalize text region handling
  kallsyms: support kernel symbols in Blackfin on-chip memory
  documentation: make version fix
  kbuild: fix a compile warning
  gitignore: Add GNU GLOBAL files to top .gitignore
  kbuild: fix delay in setlocalversion on readonly source
  README: fix misleading pointer to the defconf directory
  vmlinux.lds.h update
  kernel-doc: cleanup perl script
  Improve vmlinux.lds.h support for arch specific linker scripts
  kbuild: fix headers_exports with boolean expression
  kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check
  kbuild: fix "Argument list too long" error for "make headers_check",
  ignore *.patch files
  Remove bashisms from scripts
  menu: fix embedded menu presentation
  ...

3 files changed, 234 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f1736ca7922c..6bdba10fef4a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -1,4 +1,57 @@
-#include <linux/section-names.h>
+/*
+ * Helper macros to support writing architecture specific
+ * linker scripts.
+ *
+ * A minimal linker scripts has following content:
+ * [This is a sample, architectures may have special requiriements]
+ *
+ * OUTPUT_FORMAT(...)
+ * OUTPUT_ARCH(...)
+ * ENTRY(...)
+ * SECTIONS
+ * {
+ *	. = START;
+ *	__init_begin = .;
+ *	HEAD_TEXT_SECTION
+ *	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *	INIT_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ *	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *	__init_end = .;
+ *
+ *	_stext = .;
+ *	TEXT_SECTION = 0
+ *	_etext = .;
+ *
+ *      _sdata = .;
+ *	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *	RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ *	_edata = .;
+ *
+ *	EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
+ *	NOTES
+ *
+ *	__bss_start = .;
+ *	BSS_SECTION(0, 0)
+ *	__bss_stop = .;
+ *	_end = .;
+ *
+ *	/DISCARD/ : {
+ *		EXIT_TEXT
+ *		EXIT_DATA
+ *		EXIT_CALL
+ *	}
+ *	STABS_DEBUG
+ *	DWARF_DEBUG
+ * }
+ *
+ * [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
+ * [_stext, _etext] is the text section
+ * [_sdata, _edata] is the data section
+ *
+ * Some of the included output section have their own set of constants.
+ * Examples are: [__initramfs_start, __initramfs_end] for initramfs and
+ *               [__nosave_begin, __nosave_end] for the nosave data
+ */
 
 #ifndef LOAD_OFFSET
 #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
@@ -116,7 +169,36 @@
 	FTRACE_EVENTS()							\
 	TRACE_SYSCALLS()
 
-#define RO_DATA(align)							\
+/*
+ * Data section helpers
+ */
+#define NOSAVE_DATA							\
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_begin) = .;				\
+	*(.data.nosave)							\
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_end) = .;
+
+#define PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(page_align)					\
+	. = ALIGN(page_align);						\
+	*(.data.page_aligned)
+
+#define READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align)						\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	*(.data.read_mostly)
+
+#define CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(align)					\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
+
+#define INIT_TASK(align)						\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	*(.data.init_task)
+
+/*
+ * Read only Data
+ */
+#define RO_DATA_SECTION(align)						\
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_rodata) = .;			\
@@ -270,9 +352,10 @@
 	}								\
 	. = ALIGN((align));
 
-/* RODATA provided for backward compatibility.
+/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
  * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RODATA RO_DATA(4096)
+#define RODATA          RO_DATA_SECTION(4096)
+#define RO_DATA(align)  RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
 
 #define SECURITY_INIT							\
 	.security_initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.security_initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
@@ -330,16 +413,42 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Section used for early init (in .S files) */
-#define HEAD_TEXT  *(HEAD_TEXT_SECTION)
+#define HEAD_TEXT  *(.head.text)
+
+#define HEAD_TEXT_SECTION							\
+	.head.text : AT(ADDR(.head.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		HEAD_TEXT						\
+	}
+
+/*
+ * Exception table
+ */
+#define EXCEPTION_TABLE(align)						\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ex_table) = .;			\
+		*(__ex_table)						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ex_table) = .;			\
+	}
+
+/*
+ * Init task
+ */
+#define INIT_TASK_DATA(align)						\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	.data.init_task : {						\
+		INIT_TASK						\
+	}
 
 /* init and exit section handling */
 #define INIT_DATA							\
 	*(.init.data)							\
 	DEV_DISCARD(init.data)						\
-	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.data)						\
-	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.data)						\
+	*(.init.rodata)							\
+	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
+	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)
 
 #define INIT_TEXT							\
@@ -363,9 +472,35 @@
 	CPU_DISCARD(exit.text)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(exit.text)
 
-		/* DWARF debug sections.
-		Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to
-		the beginning of the section so we begin them at 0.  */
+#define EXIT_CALL							\
+	*(.exitcall.exit)
+
+/*
+ * bss (Block Started by Symbol) - uninitialized data
+ * zeroed during startup
+ */
+#define SBSS								\
+	.sbss : AT(ADDR(.sbss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
+		*(.sbss)						\
+		*(.scommon)						\
+	}
+
+#define BSS(bss_align)							\
+	. = ALIGN(bss_align);						\
+	.bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_start) = .;			\
+		*(.bss.page_aligned)					\
+		*(.dynbss)						\
+		*(.bss)							\
+		*(COMMON)						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_stop) = .;				\
+	}
+
+/*
+ * DWARF debug sections.
+ * Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to
+ * the beginning of the section so we begin them at 0.
+ */
 #define DWARF_DEBUG							\
 		/* DWARF 1 */						\
 		.debug          0 : { *(.debug) }			\
@@ -432,6 +567,12 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_notes) = .;			\
 	}
 
+#define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align)					\
+		. = ALIGN(initsetup_align);				\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_start) = .;			\
+		*(.init.setup)						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_end) = .;
+
 #define INITCALLS							\
 	*(.initcallearly.init)						\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__early_initcall_end) = .;			\
@@ -453,6 +594,31 @@
   	*(.initcall7.init)						\
   	*(.initcall7s.init)
 
+#define INIT_CALLS							\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initcall_start) = .;			\
+		INITCALLS						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initcall_end) = .;
+
+#define CON_INITCALL							\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__con_initcall_start) = .;		\
+		*(.con_initcall.init)					\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__con_initcall_end) = .;
+
+#define SECURITY_INITCALL						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_start) = .;		\
+		*(.security_initcall.init)				\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_end) = .;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+#define INIT_RAM_FS							\
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_start) = .;				\
+	*(.init.ramfs)							\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_end) = .;
+#else
+#define INITRAMFS
+#endif
+
 /**
  * PERCPU_VADDR - define output section for percpu area
  * @vaddr: explicit base address (optional)
@@ -509,3 +675,58 @@
 		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_end) = .;			\
 	}
+
+
+/*
+ * Definition of the high level *_SECTION macros
+ * They will fit only a subset of the architectures
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ * Writeable data.
+ * All sections are combined in a single .data section.
+ * The sections following CONSTRUCTORS are arranged so their
+ * typical alignment matches.
+ * A cacheline is typical/always less than a PAGE_SIZE so
+ * the sections that has this restriction (or similar)
+ * is located before the ones requiring PAGE_SIZE alignment.
+ * NOSAVE_DATA starts and ends with a PAGE_SIZE alignment which
+ * matches the requirment of PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA.
+ *
+ * use 0 as page_align if page_aligned data is not used */
+#define RW_DATA_SECTION(cacheline, nosave, pagealigned, inittask)	\
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
+	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
+		INIT_TASK(inittask)					\
+		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(cacheline)			\
+		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(cacheline)				\
+		DATA_DATA						\
+		CONSTRUCTORS						\
+		NOSAVE_DATA(nosave)					\
+		PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(pagealigned)				\
+	}
+
+#define INIT_TEXT_SECTION(inittext_align)				\
+	. = ALIGN(inittext_align);					\
+	.init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sinittext) = .;				\
+		INIT_TEXT						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_einittext) = .;				\
+	}
+
+#define INIT_DATA_SECTION(initsetup_align)				\
+	.init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		INIT_DATA						\
+		INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align)				\
+		INIT_CALLS						\
+		CON_INITCALL						\
+		SECURITY_INITCALL					\
+		INIT_RAM_FS						\
+	}
+
+#define BSS_SECTION(sbss_align, bss_align)				\
+	SBSS								\
+	BSS(bss_align)							\
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 0e06c176f185..b2189803f19a 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #define _LINUX_INIT_H
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/section-names.h>
-#include <linux/stringify.h>
 
 /* These macros are used to mark some functions or 
  * initialized data (doesn't apply to uninitialized data)
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@
 #define __memexitconst   __section(.memexit.rodata)
 
 /* For assembly routines */
-#define __HEAD		.section	__stringify(HEAD_TEXT_SECTION),"ax"
+#define __HEAD		.section	".head.text","ax"
 #define __INIT		.section	".init.text","ax"
 #define __FINIT		.previous
 
@@ -225,7 +223,8 @@ struct obs_kernel_param {
  * obs_kernel_param "array" too far apart in .init.setup.
  */
 #define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn, early)			\
-	static char __setup_str_##unique_id[] __initdata __aligned(1) = str; \
+	static const char __setup_str_##unique_id[] __initconst	\
+		__aligned(1) = str; \
 	static struct obs_kernel_param __setup_##unique_id	\
 		__used __section(.init.setup)			\
 		__attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))	\
diff --git a/include/linux/section-names.h b/include/linux/section-names.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c956f4eb2adf..000000000000
--- a/include/linux/section-names.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __LINUX_SECTION_NAMES_H
-#define __LINUX_SECTION_NAMES_H
-
-#define HEAD_TEXT_SECTION .head.text
-
-#endif /* !__LINUX_SECTION_NAMES_H */