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SubjectRe: [PATCH] module: combine constructors in module linker script
+++ Reiner Huober [06/07/21 15:02 +0200]:
>The constructor code for modules must be aware of init code inside
>different sections.
>
>Newer GCC compilers write constructors in more than one section,
>e.g. ".ctors.65435". These must be combined into a single
>".ctors" section. In the module loader, only the ".ctors" section
>is searched and the constructors therein are initialized, when
>CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS=y is set. Other constructors are ignored.
>
>This change combines all ".ctors.*" and the ".ctors" section, if any,
>in <module>.ko into a single ."ctors" section.
>
>For code coverage in GCC, this is necessary to show the
>code coverage for modules, since code coverage uses such
>constructors when initializing a module in newer version of GCC.
>
>Signed-off-by: Reiner Huober <reiner.huober@nokia.com>

Thanks, I'll queue this up after the merge window is over.

Jessica

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