1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
2 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
3 #define _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
5 /* References to section boundaries */
7 #include <linux/compiler.h>
8 #include <linux/types.h>
12 * _text, _data: architecture specific, don't use them in arch-independent code
13 * [_stext, _etext]: contains .text.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
14 * and/or .init.* sections
15 * [_sdata, _edata]: contains .data.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
16 * and/or .init.* sections.
17 * [__start_rodata, __end_rodata]: contains .rodata.* sections
18 * [__start_ro_after_init, __end_ro_after_init]:
19 * contains .data..ro_after_init section
20 * [__init_begin, __init_end]: contains .init.* sections, but .init.text.*
21 * may be out of this range on some architectures.
22 * [_sinittext, _einittext]: contains .init.text.* sections
23 * [__bss_start, __bss_stop]: contains BSS sections
25 * Following global variables are optional and may be unavailable on some
26 * architectures and/or kernel configurations.
28 * __kprobes_text_start, __kprobes_text_end
29 * __entry_text_start, __entry_text_end
30 * __ctors_start, __ctors_end
31 * __irqentry_text_start, __irqentry_text_end
32 * __softirqentry_text_start, __softirqentry_text_end
33 * __start_opd, __end_opd
35 extern char _text[], _stext[], _etext[];
36 extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[];
37 extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
38 extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[];
39 extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[];
40 extern char __start_ro_after_init[], __end_ro_after_init[];
42 extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
43 extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
44 extern char __entry_text_start[], __entry_text_end[];
45 extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
46 extern char __irqentry_text_start[], __irqentry_text_end[];
47 extern char __softirqentry_text_start[], __softirqentry_text_end[];
48 extern char __start_once[], __end_once[];
50 /* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
51 extern char __ctors_start[], __ctors_end[];
53 /* Start and end of .opd section - used for function descriptors. */
54 extern char __start_opd[], __end_opd[];
56 /* Start and end of instrumentation protected text section */
57 extern char __noinstr_text_start[], __noinstr_text_end[];
59 extern __visible const void __nosave_begin, __nosave_end;
61 /* Function descriptor handling (if any). Override in asm/sections.h */
62 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS
63 void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr);
64 void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr);
66 #define dereference_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
67 #define dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
69 /* An address is simply the address of the function. */
75 static inline bool have_function_descriptors(void)
77 return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS);
81 * memory_contains - checks if an object is contained within a memory region
82 * @begin: virtual address of the beginning of the memory region
83 * @end: virtual address of the end of the memory region
84 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
85 * @size: size of the memory object
87 * Returns: true if the object specified by @virt and @size is entirely
88 * contained within the memory region defined by @begin and @end, false
91 static inline bool memory_contains(void *begin, void *end, void *virt,
94 return virt >= begin && virt + size <= end;
98 * memory_intersects - checks if the region occupied by an object intersects
99 * with another memory region
100 * @begin: virtual address of the beginning of the memory region
101 * @end: virtual address of the end of the memory region
102 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
103 * @size: size of the memory object
105 * Returns: true if an object's memory region, specified by @virt and @size,
106 * intersects with the region specified by @begin and @end, false otherwise.
108 static inline bool memory_intersects(void *begin, void *end, void *virt,
111 void *vend = virt + size;
113 if (virt < end && vend > begin)
120 * init_section_contains - checks if an object is contained within the init
122 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
123 * @size: size of the memory object
125 * Returns: true if the object specified by @virt and @size is entirely
126 * contained within the init section, false otherwise.
128 static inline bool init_section_contains(void *virt, size_t size)
130 return memory_contains(__init_begin, __init_end, virt, size);
134 * init_section_intersects - checks if the region occupied by an object
135 * intersects with the init section
136 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
137 * @size: size of the memory object
139 * Returns: true if an object's memory region, specified by @virt and @size,
140 * intersects with the init section, false otherwise.
142 static inline bool init_section_intersects(void *virt, size_t size)
144 return memory_intersects(__init_begin, __init_end, virt, size);
148 * is_kernel_core_data - checks if the pointer address is located in the
149 * .data or .bss section
151 * @addr: address to check
153 * Returns: true if the address is located in .data or .bss, false otherwise.
154 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
155 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
157 static inline bool is_kernel_core_data(unsigned long addr)
159 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata && addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
162 if (addr >= (unsigned long)__bss_start &&
163 addr < (unsigned long)__bss_stop)
170 * is_kernel_rodata - checks if the pointer address is located in the
173 * @addr: address to check
175 * Returns: true if the address is located in .rodata, false otherwise.
177 static inline bool is_kernel_rodata(unsigned long addr)
179 return addr >= (unsigned long)__start_rodata &&
180 addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
184 * is_kernel_inittext - checks if the pointer address is located in the
187 * @addr: address to check
189 * Returns: true if the address is located in .init.text, false otherwise.
191 static inline bool is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr)
193 return addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext &&
194 addr < (unsigned long)_einittext;
198 * __is_kernel_text - checks if the pointer address is located in the
201 * @addr: address to check
203 * Returns: true if the address is located in .text, false otherwise.
204 * Note: an internal helper, only check the range of _stext to _etext.
206 static inline bool __is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
208 return addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
209 addr < (unsigned long)_etext;
213 * __is_kernel - checks if the pointer address is located in the kernel range
215 * @addr: address to check
217 * Returns: true if the address is located in the kernel range, false otherwise.
218 * Note: an internal helper, check the range of _stext to _end,
219 * and range from __init_begin to __init_end, which can be outside
220 * of the _stext to _end range.
222 static inline bool __is_kernel(unsigned long addr)
224 return ((addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
225 addr < (unsigned long)_end) ||
226 (addr >= (unsigned long)__init_begin &&
227 addr < (unsigned long)__init_end));
230 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */