Re: [PATCH] powerpc/module_64: use module_init_section instead of patching names

[Michael Ellerman]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 05:51:23 +0000, Wedson Almeida Filho wrote:
> Without this patch, module init sections are disabled by patching their
> names in arch-specific code when they're loaded (which prevents code in
> layout_sections from finding init sections). This patch uses the new
> arch-specific module_init_section instead.
> 
> This allows modules that have .init_array sections to have the
> initialisers properly called (on load, before init). Without this patch,
> the initialisers are not called because .init_array is renamed to
> _init_array, and thus isn't found by code in find_module_sections().
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/module_64: use module_init_section instead of patching names
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/d4be60fe66b7380530868ceebe549f8eebccacc5

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