Subject: [PATCH] Allow arch to initialize arch field of the module structure From: Roman Zippel This will later allow an arch to add module specific information via linker generated tables instead of poking directly in the module object structure. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven --- include/linux/module.h | 3 +++ scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ struct module keeping pointers to this stuff */ char *args; }; +#ifndef MODULE_ARCH_INIT +#define MODULE_ARCH_INIT {} +#endif /* FIXME: It'd be nice to isolate modules during init, too, so they aren't used before they (may) fail. But presently too much code --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, buf_printf(b, "#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD\n" " .exit = cleanup_module,\n" "#endif\n"); + buf_printf(b, " .arch = MODULE_ARCH_INIT,\n"); buf_printf(b, "};\n"); }