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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/linkage.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/linkage.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h index 5bcfbd972e97..dbf8506decca 100644 --- a/include/linux/linkage.h +++ b/include/linux/linkage.h @@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ * Objtool generates debug info for both FUNC & CODE, but needs special * annotations for each CODE's start (to describe the actual stack frame). * + * Objtool requires that all code must be contained in an ELF symbol. Symbol + * names that have a .L prefix do not emit symbol table entries. .L + * prefixed symbols can be used within a code region, but should be avoided for + * denoting a range of code via ``SYM_*_START/END`` annotations. + * * ALIAS -- does not generate debug info -- the aliased function will */ |