It looks like GCC will always emit an object that is marked with an explicit section, although the documentation doesn't say that and we possibly shouldn't be relying on it.
Clang does *not* do so, so add __attribute__((used)) to make sure. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/boot/video.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video.h b/arch/x86/boot/video.h index ff339c5..0bb2549 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/video.h +++ b/arch/x86/boot/video.h @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct card_info { u16 xmode_n; /* Size of unprobed mode range */ }; -#define __videocard struct card_info __attribute__((section(".videocards"))) +#define __videocard struct card_info __attribute__((used,section(".videocards"))) extern struct card_info video_cards[], video_cards_end[]; int mode_defined(u16 mode); /* video.c */ -- 1.8.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
