kernel/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/symbolptr.c, branch linux-rolling-stableHosts the 0x221E linux distro kernel.https://universe.0xinfinity.dev/distro/kernel/atom?h=linux-rolling-stable2025-01-10T16:25:26Zgendwarfksyms: Add support for symbol type pointers2025-01-10T16:25:26ZSami Tolvanensamitolvanen@google.com2025-01-03T20:45:37Zurn:sha1:fa624569b70d8015775592ae7e2c514009367541
The compiler may choose not to emit type information in DWARF for
external symbols. Clang, for example, does this for symbols not
defined in the current TU.
To provide a way to work around this issue, add support for
__gendwarfksyms_ptr_<symbol> pointers that force the compiler to emit
the necessary type information in DWARF also for the missing symbols.
Example usage:
#define GENDWARFKSYMS_PTR(sym) \
static typeof(sym) *__gendwarfksyms_ptr_##sym __used \
__section(".discard.gendwarfksyms") = &sym;
extern int external_symbol(void);
GENDWARFKSYMS_PTR(external_symbol);
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>