[PATCH 08/14] asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sat Feb 08 2014 - 02:53:07 EST


main_extable_sort_needed is used by the build system and needs
to be a normal ELF symbol. Make it visible so that LTO
does not remove or mangle it.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/extable.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index 763faf0..d8a6446 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];

/* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
-u32 __initdata main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
+u32 __initdata __visible main_extable_sort_needed = 1;

/* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
void __init sort_main_extable(void)
--
1.8.5.2

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