1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
2 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
3 #define _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
5 /* References to section boundaries */
7 #include <linux/compiler.h>
8 #include <linux/types.h>
12 * _text, _data: architecture specific, don't use them in arch-independent code
13 * [_stext, _etext]: contains .text.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
14 * and/or .init.* sections
15 * [_sdata, _edata]: contains .data.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
16 * and/or .init.* sections.
17 * [__start_rodata, __end_rodata]: contains .rodata.* sections
18 * [__start_ro_after_init, __end_ro_after_init]:
19 * contains .data..ro_after_init section
20 * [__init_begin, __init_end]: contains .init.* sections, but .init.text.*
21 * may be out of this range on some architectures.
22 * [_sinittext, _einittext]: contains .init.text.* sections
23 * [__bss_start, __bss_stop]: contains BSS sections
25 * Following global variables are optional and may be unavailable on some
26 * architectures and/or kernel configurations.
28 * __kprobes_text_start, __kprobes_text_end
29 * __entry_text_start, __entry_text_end
30 * __ctors_start, __ctors_end
31 * __irqentry_text_start, __irqentry_text_end
32 * __softirqentry_text_start, __softirqentry_text_end
33 * __start_opd, __end_opd
35 extern char _text
[], _stext
[], _etext
[];
36 extern char _data
[], _sdata
[], _edata
[];
37 extern char __bss_start
[], __bss_stop
[];
38 extern char __init_begin
[], __init_end
[];
39 extern char _sinittext
[], _einittext
[];
40 extern char __start_ro_after_init
[], __end_ro_after_init
[];
42 extern char __per_cpu_load
[], __per_cpu_start
[], __per_cpu_end
[];
43 extern char __kprobes_text_start
[], __kprobes_text_end
[];
44 extern char __entry_text_start
[], __entry_text_end
[];
45 extern char __start_rodata
[], __end_rodata
[];
46 extern char __irqentry_text_start
[], __irqentry_text_end
[];
47 extern char __softirqentry_text_start
[], __softirqentry_text_end
[];
48 extern char __start_once
[], __end_once
[];
50 /* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
51 extern char __ctors_start
[], __ctors_end
[];
53 /* Start and end of .opd section - used for function descriptors. */
54 extern char __start_opd
[], __end_opd
[];
56 /* Start and end of instrumentation protected text section */
57 extern char __noinstr_text_start
[], __noinstr_text_end
[];
59 extern __visible
const void __nosave_begin
, __nosave_end
;
61 /* Function descriptor handling (if any). Override in asm/sections.h */
62 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS
63 void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr
);
64 void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr
);
66 #define dereference_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
67 #define dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
69 /* An address is simply the address of the function. */
75 static inline bool have_function_descriptors(void)
77 return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS
);
81 * memory_contains - checks if an object is contained within a memory region
82 * @begin: virtual address of the beginning of the memory region
83 * @end: virtual address of the end of the memory region
84 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
85 * @size: size of the memory object
87 * Returns: true if the object specified by @virt and @size is entirely
88 * contained within the memory region defined by @begin and @end, false
91 static inline bool memory_contains(void *begin
, void *end
, void *virt
,
94 return virt
>= begin
&& virt
+ size
<= end
;
98 * memory_intersects - checks if the region occupied by an object intersects
99 * with another memory region
100 * @begin: virtual address of the beginning of the memory region
101 * @end: virtual address of the end of the memory region
102 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
103 * @size: size of the memory object
105 * Returns: true if an object's memory region, specified by @virt and @size,
106 * intersects with the region specified by @begin and @end, false otherwise.
108 static inline bool memory_intersects(void *begin
, void *end
, void *virt
,
111 void *vend
= virt
+ size
;
113 if (virt
< end
&& vend
> begin
)
120 * init_section_contains - checks if an object is contained within the init
122 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
123 * @size: size of the memory object
125 * Returns: true if the object specified by @virt and @size is entirely
126 * contained within the init section, false otherwise.
128 static inline bool init_section_contains(void *virt
, size_t size
)
130 return memory_contains(__init_begin
, __init_end
, virt
, size
);
134 * init_section_intersects - checks if the region occupied by an object
135 * intersects with the init section
136 * @virt: virtual address of the memory object
137 * @size: size of the memory object
139 * Returns: true if an object's memory region, specified by @virt and @size,
140 * intersects with the init section, false otherwise.
142 static inline bool init_section_intersects(void *virt
, size_t size
)
144 return memory_intersects(__init_begin
, __init_end
, virt
, size
);
148 * is_kernel_core_data - checks if the pointer address is located in the
149 * .data or .bss section
151 * @addr: address to check
153 * Returns: true if the address is located in .data or .bss, false otherwise.
154 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
155 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
157 static inline bool is_kernel_core_data(unsigned long addr
)
159 if (addr
>= (unsigned long)_sdata
&& addr
< (unsigned long)_edata
)
162 if (addr
>= (unsigned long)__bss_start
&&
163 addr
< (unsigned long)__bss_stop
)
170 * is_kernel_rodata - checks if the pointer address is located in the
173 * @addr: address to check
175 * Returns: true if the address is located in .rodata, false otherwise.
177 static inline bool is_kernel_rodata(unsigned long addr
)
179 return addr
>= (unsigned long)__start_rodata
&&
180 addr
< (unsigned long)__end_rodata
;
183 static inline bool is_kernel_ro_after_init(unsigned long addr
)
185 return addr
>= (unsigned long)__start_ro_after_init
&&
186 addr
< (unsigned long)__end_ro_after_init
;
189 * is_kernel_inittext - checks if the pointer address is located in the
192 * @addr: address to check
194 * Returns: true if the address is located in .init.text, false otherwise.
196 static inline bool is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr
)
198 return addr
>= (unsigned long)_sinittext
&&
199 addr
< (unsigned long)_einittext
;
203 * __is_kernel_text - checks if the pointer address is located in the
206 * @addr: address to check
208 * Returns: true if the address is located in .text, false otherwise.
209 * Note: an internal helper, only check the range of _stext to _etext.
211 static inline bool __is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr
)
213 return addr
>= (unsigned long)_stext
&&
214 addr
< (unsigned long)_etext
;
218 * __is_kernel - checks if the pointer address is located in the kernel range
220 * @addr: address to check
222 * Returns: true if the address is located in the kernel range, false otherwise.
223 * Note: an internal helper, check the range of _stext to _end,
224 * and range from __init_begin to __init_end, which can be outside
225 * of the _stext to _end range.
227 static inline bool __is_kernel(unsigned long addr
)
229 return ((addr
>= (unsigned long)_stext
&&
230 addr
< (unsigned long)_end
) ||
231 (addr
>= (unsigned long)__init_begin
&&
232 addr
< (unsigned long)__init_end
));
235 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */