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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index c8eab637a2a7..681d866efb1e 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -280,6 +280,25 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr) #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ +/* + * Force the compiler to emit 'sym' as a symbol, so that we can reference + * it from inline assembler. Necessary in case 'sym' could be inlined + * otherwise, or eliminated entirely due to lack of references that are + * visible to the compiler. + */ +#define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \ + static void * __attribute__((section(".discard.addressable"), used)) \ + __PASTE(__addressable_##sym, __LINE__) = (void *)&sym; + +/** + * offset_to_ptr - convert a relative memory offset to an absolute pointer + * @off: the address of the 32-bit offset value + */ +static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off) +{ + return (void *)((unsigned long)off + *off); +} + #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ #ifndef __optimize |