[PATCH] Allow arch to initialize arch field of the module structure

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

This will later allow an arch to add module specific information via 
linker generated tables instead of poking directly in the module object 
structure.

Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 include/linux/module.h |    3 +++
 scripts/mod/modpost.c  |    1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/module.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/module.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/module.h
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ struct module
 	   keeping pointers to this stuff */
 	char *args;
 };
+#ifndef MODULE_ARCH_INIT
+#define MODULE_ARCH_INIT {}
+#endif
 
 /* FIXME: It'd be nice to isolate modules during init, too, so they
    aren't used before they (may) fail.  But presently too much code
Index: linux-2.6/scripts/mod/modpost.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ linux-2.6/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b,
 		buf_printf(b, "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD\n"
 			      " .exit = cleanup_module,\n"
 			      "#endif\n");
+	buf_printf(b, " .arch = MODULE_ARCH_INIT,\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "};\n");
 }
 
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