[PATCH] runtime constants: move list of constants to vmlinux.lds.h

From: Jann Horn
Date: Tue Jul 30 2024 - 16:15:51 EST


Refactor the list of constant variables into a macro.
This should make it easier to add more constants in the future.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
I'm not sure whose tree this has to go through - I guess Arnd's?
---
arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +--
arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +--
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 55a8e310ea12..58d89d997d05 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -261,14 +261,13 @@ SECTIONS
*(.init.altinstructions .init.bss) /* from the EFI stub */
}
.exit.data : {
EXIT_DATA
}

- RUNTIME_CONST(shift, d_hash_shift)
- RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable)
+ RUNTIME_CONST_VARIABLES

PERCPU_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
HYPERVISOR_PERCPU_SECTION

HYPERVISOR_RELOC_SECTION

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 975c654cf5a5..3e8ebf1d64c5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -187,14 +187,13 @@ SECTIONS
_eamode31 = .;

/* early.c uses stsi, which requires page aligned data. */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
INIT_DATA_SECTION(0x100)

- RUNTIME_CONST(shift, d_hash_shift)
- RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable)
+ RUNTIME_CONST_VARIABLES

PERCPU_SECTION(0x100)

. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
__init_end = .; /* freed after init ends here */

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6e73403e874f..6726be89b7a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -354,14 +354,13 @@ SECTIONS
}

#if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
PERCPU_SECTION(INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES)
#endif

- RUNTIME_CONST(shift, d_hash_shift)
- RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable)
+ RUNTIME_CONST_VARIABLES

. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);

/* freed after init ends here */
.init.end : AT(ADDR(.init.end) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
__init_end = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index ad6afc5c4918..54986eac2f73 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -916,12 +916,16 @@
#define RUNTIME_CONST(t,x) \
. = ALIGN(8); \
RUNTIME_NAME(t,x) : AT(ADDR(RUNTIME_NAME(t,x)) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
*(RUNTIME_NAME(t,x)); \
}

+#define RUNTIME_CONST_VARIABLES \
+ RUNTIME_CONST(shift, d_hash_shift) \
+ RUNTIME_CONST(ptr, dentry_hashtable)
+
/* Alignment must be consistent with (kunit_suite *) in include/kunit/test.h */
#define KUNIT_TABLE() \
. = ALIGN(8); \
BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(.kunit_test_suites, __kunit_suites, _start, _end)

/* Alignment must be consistent with (kunit_suite *) in include/kunit/test.h */

---
base-commit: 94ede2a3e9135764736221c080ac7c0ad993dc2d
change-id: 20240730-runtime-constants-refactor-309f966d4100
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Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>