I wrote two really buggy examples in my previous reply
to Kai. First of all, here is a more "correct" version of
vmlinux.lds.S for determining the disposition of devexit at
kernel load time, although I don't know if ld will allow it:
--- linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S.orig 2002-11-27 09:51:42.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S 2002-11-27 10:56:20.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
/* ld script to make i386 Linux kernel
* Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>;
*/
+#include <linux/config.h>
+
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386")
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
ENTRY(_start)
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@
_text = .; /* Text and read-only data */
.text : {
*(.text)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+ *(.devexit.text)
+#endif
*(.fixup)
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x9090
@@ -38,6 +43,9 @@
/* writeable */
.data : { /* Data */
*(.data)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+ *(.devexit.data)
+#endif
CONSTRUCTORS
}
@@ -96,6 +104,13 @@
_end = . ;
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+ .discard : {
+ *(.devexit.text)
+ *(.devexit.data)
+ } = 0x001 /* Like bss: SEC_ALLOC, but no SEC_LOAD */
+#endif
+
/* Sections to be discarded */
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.exit.text)
Also here is a "corrected" bit of untested code for clearing
devexit references at module load time:
if (!module->removable) {
void ***pptr = module->devexit_p_start;
while (pptr != module->devexit_p_end) {
**pptr = NULL;
pptr++;
}
}
Sorry for responding too hastily before.
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