Re: [PATCH] module: combine constructors in module linker script

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Reiner Huober [06/07/21 15:02 +0200]:
> The constructor code for modules must be aware of init code inside
> different sections.
>
> Newer GCC compilers write constructors in more than one section,
> e.g. ".ctors.65435". These must be combined into a single
> ".ctors" section. In the module loader, only the ".ctors" section
> is searched and the constructors therein are initialized, when
> CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS=y is set. Other constructors are ignored.
>
> This change combines all ".ctors.*" and the ".ctors" section, if any,
> in <module>.ko into a single ."ctors" section.
>
> For code coverage in GCC, this is necessary to show the
> code coverage for modules, since code coverage uses such
> constructors when initializing a module in newer version of GCC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Reiner Huober <reiner.huober@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, I'll queue this up after the merge window is over.

Jessica