kernel: constructor support
authorPeter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:28:03 +0000 (16:28 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:03:57 +0000 (13:03 -0700)
commitb99b87f70c7785ab1e253c6220f4b0b57ce3a7f7
treeec5688052334448ec8edd3a1a9cb95cd68501ac7
parente24aca672ff06aff0e6a1045efab86043ea5f735
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>
include/asm-generic/sections.h
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
include/linux/init.h
include/linux/module.h
init/Kconfig
init/main.c
kernel/module.c