Rename .data.unlikely to .data..unlikely
authorMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Wed, 6 Nov 2024 16:14:40 +0000 (01:14 +0900)
committerMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:38:27 +0000 (09:38 +0900)
commitbb43a59944f45e89aa158740b8a16ba8f0b0fa2b
tree641dfdcecaf12ed34b49e555948a16abc033c6a8
parentd63b852430be7fa2b6d7c550ea67e94b6681d0b5
Rename .data.unlikely to .data..unlikely

Commit 7ccaba5314ca ("consolidate WARN_...ONCE() static variables")
was intended to collect all .data.unlikely sections into one chunk.
However, this has not worked when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
or CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is enabled, because .data.unlikely matches the
.data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* pattern in the DATA_MAIN macro.

Commit cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless
LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured") was introduced to suppress
the issue for the default CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=n case,
providing a minimal fix for stable backporting. We were aware this did
not address the issue for CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y. The
plan was to apply correct fixes and then revert cb87481ee89d. [1]

Seven years have passed since then, yet the #ifdef workaround remains in
place.

Using a ".." separator in the section name fixes the issue for
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNASck6BfdLnESxXUeECYL26yUDm0cwRZuM4gmaWUkxjL5g@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: cb87481ee89d ("kbuild: linker script do not match C names unless LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is configured")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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