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CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.

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We have CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX, which three archs define to the string
"_".  But Al Viro broke this in "consolidate cond_syscall and
SYSCALL_ALIAS declarations" (in linux-next), and he's not the first to
do so.

Using CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is awkward, since we usually just want to
prefix it so something.  So various places define helpers which are
defined to nothing if CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX isn't set:

1) include/asm-generic/unistd.h defines __SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h defines VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym)
3) include/linux/export.h defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
4) include/linux/kernel.h defines SYMBOL_PREFIX (which differs from #7)
5) kernel/modsign_certificate.S defines ASM_SYMBOL(sym)
6) scripts/modpost.c defines MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
7) scripts/Makefile.lib defines SYMBOL_PREFIX on the commandline if
   CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX is set, so that we have a non-string version
   for pasting.

(arch/h8300/include/asm/linkage.h defines SYMBOL_NAME(), too).

Let's solve this properly:
1) No more generic prefix, just CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
2) Make linux/export.h usable from asm.
3) Define VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR().
4) Make everyone use them.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <[email protected]>
Tested-by: James Hogan <[email protected]> (metag)
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Rusty Russell 2013-03-15 15:04:17 +10:30
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@ -384,6 +384,12 @@ config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
Modules only use ELF REL relocations. Modules with ELF RELA
relocations will give an error.
config HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
bool
help
Some architectures generate an _ in front of C symbols; things like
module loading and assembly files need to know about this.
#
# ABI hall of shame
#