arm64: Create sections.h

Each time new section markers are added, kernel/vmlinux.ld.S is updated,
and new extern char __start_foo[] definitions are scattered through the
tree.

Create asm/include/sections.h to collect these definitions (and include
the existing asm-generic version).

Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ generic-y += poll.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += resource.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
-generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += sembuf.h
 generic-y += serial.h

arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+extern char __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
+extern char __exception_text_start[], __exception_text_end[];
+extern char __hibernate_exit_text_start[], __hibernate_exit_text_end[];
+extern char __hyp_idmap_text_start[], __hyp_idmap_text_end[];
+extern char __hyp_text_start[], __hyp_text_end[];
+extern char __idmap_text_start[], __idmap_text_end[];
+extern char __irqentry_text_start[], __irqentry_text_end[];
+
+#endif /* __ASM_SECTIONS_H */

arch/arm64/include/asm/traps.h

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define __ASM_TRAP_H
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 struct pt_regs;
 
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@ void arm64_notify_segfault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 static inline int __in_irqentry_text(unsigned long ptr)
 {
-	extern char __irqentry_text_start[];
-	extern char __irqentry_text_end[];
-
 	return ptr >= (unsigned long)&__irqentry_text_start &&
 	       ptr < (unsigned long)&__irqentry_text_end;
 }
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ static inline int __in_irqentry_text(unsigned long ptr)
 
 static inline int in_exception_text(unsigned long ptr)
 {
-	extern char __exception_text_start[];
-	extern char __exception_text_end[];
 	int in;
 
 	in = ptr >= (unsigned long)&__exception_text_start &&

arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /*
  * __boot_cpu_mode records what mode CPUs were booted in.
@@ -87,14 +88,6 @@ extern void verify_cpu_run_el(void);
 static inline void verify_cpu_run_el(void) {}
 #endif
 
-/* The section containing the hypervisor idmap text */
-extern char __hyp_idmap_text_start[];
-extern char __hyp_idmap_text_end[];
-
-/* The section containing the hypervisor text */
-extern char __hyp_text_start[];
-extern char __hyp_text_end[];
-
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* ! __ASM__VIRT_H */

arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 
 #define __ALT_PTR(a,f)		(u32 *)((void *)&(a)->f + (a)->f)
 #define ALT_ORIG_PTR(a)		__ALT_PTR(a, orig_offset)
 #define ALT_REPL_PTR(a)		__ALT_PTR(a, alt_offset)
 
-extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
-
 struct alt_region {
 	struct alt_instr *begin;
 	struct alt_instr *end;
@@ -124,8 +123,8 @@ static int __apply_alternatives_multi_stop(void *unused)
 {
 	static int patched = 0;
 	struct alt_region region = {
-		.begin	= __alt_instructions,
-		.end	= __alt_instructions_end,
+		.begin	= (struct alt_instr *)__alt_instructions,
+		.end	= (struct alt_instr *)__alt_instructions_end,
 	};
 
 	/* We always have a CPU 0 at this point (__init) */

arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c

@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ extern int in_suspend;
 /* Do we need to reset el2? */
 #define el2_reset_needed() (is_hyp_mode_available() && !is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())
 
-/*
- * Start/end of the hibernate exit code, this must be copied to a 'safe'
- * location in memory, and executed from there.
- */
-extern char __hibernate_exit_text_start[], __hibernate_exit_text_end[];
-
 /* temporary el2 vectors in the __hibernate_exit_text section. */
 extern char hibernate_el2_vectors[];
 

arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <asm/insn.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
-#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 #include "decode-insn.h"
 
@@ -540,9 +540,6 @@ int __kprobes longjmp_break_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
 {
-	extern char __idmap_text_start[], __idmap_text_end[];
-	extern char __hyp_idmap_text_start[], __hyp_idmap_text_end[];
-
 	if ((addr >= (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_start &&
 	    addr < (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_end) ||
 	    (addr >= (unsigned long)__entry_text_start &&