[PATCH v7 06/29] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h

Jim Cromie <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:56:55 -0600
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-modules,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-arch,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to a new helper file:
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h and include it back into
vmlinux.lds.h.  This allows its reuse later to fix a failure to keep
dyndbg sections in some circumstances.

NOTES:

These macros are only for use in vmlinux.lds.h, where the _start &
_end symbols are needed.  Modules keep sections separate in ELF
sections, with their boundaries known, so the _start and _end are not
useful, and may confuse tools not expecting them.

This patch ignores a checkpatch warning, because new file is covered
by "GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES" in MAINTAINERS

CC: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <[email protected]>
---
v3: move include to top
---
 include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h          | 31 +------------------------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c29293ca7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_END_##_label_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
+	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
+	_label_##_END_ = .;
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
+	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
+	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
+	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
+	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
+
+#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BOUNDED_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 5659f4b5a125..f5ddf31b7f26 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
  *               [__nosave_begin, __nosave_end] for the nosave data
  */
 
+#include <asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h>
 #include <asm-generic/codetag.lds.h>
 
 #ifndef LOAD_OFFSET
@@ -211,36 +212,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	_BEGIN_##_label_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_END_##_label_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)	\
-	_label_##_BEGIN_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(_sec_))							\
-	_label_##_END_ = .;
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define BOUNDED_SECTION(_sec)	 BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_HDR_##_label_	= .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_, _HDR_) \
-	_label_##_HDR_ = .;						\
-	KEEP(*(.gnu.linkonce.##_sec_))					\
-	BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec_, _label_)				\
-	HEADERED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, __start, __stop)
-
-#define HEADERED_SECTION(_sec)	 HEADERED_SECTION_BY(_sec, _sec)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 #define LIKELY_PROFILE()						\
 	BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(_ftrace_annotated_branch, _annotated_branch_profile)

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