[tip:x86/build] x86, boot: Use __attribute__((used)) to ensure videocard structs are emitted

From: tip-bot for David Woodhouse
Date: Wed Jan 22 2014 - 07:25:55 EST


Commit-ID: 9b3965f7401b0cc3ed2c228085a4c13b1c9243b1
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9b3965f7401b0cc3ed2c228085a4c13b1c9243b1
Author: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 11:21:21 +0000
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:21:45 -0800

x86, boot: Use __attribute__((used)) to ensure videocard structs are emitted

It looks like GCC will always emit an object that is marked with an
explicit section, although the documentation doesn't say that and we
possibly shouldn't be relying on it.

Clang does *not* do so, so add __attribute__((used)) to make sure.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389180083-23249-2-git-send-email-David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/video.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video.h b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
index ff339c5..0bb2549 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct card_info {
u16 xmode_n; /* Size of unprobed mode range */
};

-#define __videocard struct card_info __attribute__((section(".videocards")))
+#define __videocard struct card_info __attribute__((used,section(".videocards")))
extern struct card_info video_cards[], video_cards_end[];

int mode_defined(u16 mode); /* video.c */
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