[PATCH] Allow arch to initialize arch field of the module structure

From: Roman Zippel
Date: Mon Apr 30 2007 - 19:31:13 EST


Hi,

This will later allow an arch to add module specific information via
linker generated tables instead of poking directly in the module object
structure.

Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
include/linux/module.h | 3 +++
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/module.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/module.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/module.h
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ struct module
keeping pointers to this stuff */
char *args;
};
+#ifndef MODULE_ARCH_INIT
+#define MODULE_ARCH_INIT {}
+#endif

/* FIXME: It'd be nice to isolate modules during init, too, so they
aren't used before they (may) fail. But presently too much code
Index: linux-2.6/scripts/mod/modpost.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ linux-2.6/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b,
buf_printf(b, "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD\n"
" .exit = cleanup_module,\n"
"#endif\n");
+ buf_printf(b, " .arch = MODULE_ARCH_INIT,\n");
buf_printf(b, "};\n");
}

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