lto, workaround: Add workaround for initcall reordering

Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
deleted by the linker.

This replaces a previous much slower workaround.

Thanks to Jan "Honza" Hubička for suggesting this technique.

Suggested-by: Jan Hubička <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>

Author: Andi Kleen

include/linux/init.h

@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LTO
+/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
+ * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
+ * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
+ * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
+ * deleted by the linker.
+ */
+#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \
+	; /* yes this is needed */			\
+	static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void)	\
+	{						\
+		return &x;				\
+	}
+#else
+#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x)
+#endif
+
 /* initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate 
  * subsections. Ordering inside the subsections is determined
  * by link order. 
@@ -175,7 +192,8 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
 
 #define __define_initcall(fn, id) \
 	static initcall_t __initcall_##fn##id __used \
-	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn
+	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; \
+	LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(__initcall_##fn##id)
 
 /*
  * Early initcalls run before initializing SMP.