arm: generalize lib/bss.c into lib/sections.c

File arch/arm/lib/bss.c was initially defined for BSS only,
but is now going to also contain definitions for other
section-boundary-related symbols, so rename it for better
accuracy.

Also, remove useless 'used' attributes.

Signed-off-by: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
Tested-by: Lubomir Popov <lpopov@mm-sol.com>
Tested-by: Jeroen Hofstee <jeroen@myspectrum.nl>
Reviewed-by: Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
index 8ad9f66a5d50f2066a965e1b5ab3b94d0b2a79ee..9ecafb2723f8ce8c22b45dc9348c2aace9a3331b 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ SOBJS-y += relocate.o
 ifndef CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 COBJS-y        += board.o
 endif
-COBJS-y += bss.o
+COBJS-y += sections.o
 
 COBJS-y        += bootm.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT) += bootm-fdt.o

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/bss.c b/arch/arm/lib/bss.c
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 99eda59..0000000
--- a/arch/arm/lib/bss.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
- *
- * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
- * project.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * 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, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- * MA 02111-1307 USA
- */
-
-/**
- * These two symbols are declared in a C file so that the linker
- * uses R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation, rather than the R_ARM_ABS32 one
- * it would use if the symbols were defined in the linker file.
- * Using only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation ensures that references to
- * the symbols are correct after as well as before relocation.
- *
- * We need a 0-byte-size type for these symbols, and the compiler
- * does not allow defining objects of C type 'void'. Using an empty
- * struct is allowed by the compiler, but causes gcc versions 4.4 and
- * below to complain about aliasing. Therefore we use the next best
- * thing: zero-sized arrays, which are both 0-byte-size and exempt from
- * aliasing warnings.
- */
-
-char __bss_start[0] __attribute__((used, section(".__bss_start")));
-char __bss_end[0] __attribute__((used, section(".__bss_end")));

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/sections.c b/arch/arm/lib/sections.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e52fec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/sections.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/**
+ * These two symbols are declared in a C file so that the linker
+ * uses R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation, rather than the R_ARM_ABS32 one
+ * it would use if the symbols were defined in the linker file.
+ * Using only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocation ensures that references to
+ * the symbols are correct after as well as before relocation.
+ *
+ * We need a 0-byte-size type for these symbols, and the compiler
+ * does not allow defining objects of C type 'void'. Using an empty
+ * struct is allowed by the compiler, but causes gcc versions 4.4 and
+ * below to complain about aliasing. Therefore we use the next best
+ * thing: zero-sized arrays, which are both 0-byte-size and exempt from
+ * aliasing warnings.
+ */
+
+char __bss_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_start")));
+char __bss_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_end")));