Recently discovered this entry while checking kallsyms on ARM64:
ffff800083e509c0 D _shared_alloc_tag
If ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU is not defined(it is only defined for s390 and
alpha architectures), there's no need to statically define the percpu
variable _shared_alloc_tag.
Therefore, we need to implement isolation for this purpose.
When building the core kernel code for s390 or alpha architectures,
ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU remains undefined (as it is gated by #if
defined(MODULE)). However, when building modules for these architectures,
the macro is explicitly defined.
Therefore, we remove all instances of ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU from the
code and introduced CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU to replace the
relevant logic. We can now conditionally define the perpcu variable
_shared_alloc_tag based on CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU. This
allows architectures (such as s390/alpha) that require weak definitions
for percpu variables in modules to include the definition, while others
can omit it via compile-time exclusion.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250618015809.1235761-1-hao.ge@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>
Suggested-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> [s390]
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Chistoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS if PCI
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
+ select ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU if SMP
select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
* way above 4G.
*
* Always use weak definitions for percpu variables in modules.
+ * Therefore, we have enabled CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
+ * in the Kconfig.
*/
-#if defined(MODULE) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-#define ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
-#endif
#include <asm-generic/percpu.h>
select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE
+ select ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
select ARCH_STACKWALK
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
* For 64 bit module code, the module may be more than 4G above the
* per cpu area, use weak definitions to force the compiler to
* generate external references.
+ * Therefore, we have enabled CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
+ * in the Kconfig.
*/
-#if defined(MODULE)
-#define ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
-#endif
/*
* We use a compare-and-swap loop since that uses less cpu cycles than
return container_of(ct, struct alloc_tag, ct);
}
-#ifdef ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) && defined(MODULE)
/*
* When percpu variables are required to be defined as weak, static percpu
* variables can't be used inside a function (see comments for DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION).
.ct = CODE_TAG_INIT, \
.counters = &_shared_alloc_tag };
-#else /* ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU */
+#else /* CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU && MODULE */
#ifdef MODULE
#endif /* MODULE */
-#endif /* ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU */
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU && MODULE */
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
mem_alloc_profiling_key);
* 1. The symbol must be globally unique, even the static ones.
* 2. Static percpu variables cannot be defined inside a function.
*
- * Archs which need weak percpu definitions should define
- * ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU in asm/percpu.h when necessary.
+ * Archs which need weak percpu definitions should set
+ * CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU when necessary.
*
* To ensure that the generic code observes the above two
* restrictions, if CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is set weak
* definition is used for all cases.
*/
-#if defined(ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU)
+#if (defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) && defined(MODULE)) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU)
/*
* __pcpu_scope_* dummy variable is used to enforce scope. It
* receives the static modifier when it's used in front of
static struct codetag_type *alloc_tag_cttype;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct alloc_tag_counters, _shared_alloc_tag);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(_shared_alloc_tag);
+#endif
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT,
mem_alloc_profiling_key);
def_bool y
depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGE_PFNMAP && HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
+#
+# Architectures that always use weak definitions for percpu
+# variables in modules should set this.
+#
+config ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU
+ bool
+
#
# UP and nommu archs use km based percpu allocator
#