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+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
+
+/* References to section boundaries */
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+/*
+ * Usage guidelines:
+ * _text, _data: architecture specific, don't use them in arch-independent code
+ * [_stext, _etext]: contains .text.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
+ * and/or .init.* sections
+ * [_sdata, _edata]: contains .data.* sections, may also contain .rodata.*
+ * and/or .init.* sections.
+ * [__start_rodata, __end_rodata]: contains .rodata.* sections
+ * [__init_begin, __init_end]: contains .init.* sections, but .init.text.*
+ * may be out of this range on some architectures.
+ * [_sinittext, _einittext]: contains .init.text.* sections
+ * [__bss_start, __bss_stop]: contains BSS sections
+ *
+ * Following global variables are optional and may be unavailable on some
+ * architectures and/or kernel configurations.
+ * _text, _data
+ * __kprobes_text_start, __kprobes_text_end
+ * __entry_text_start, __entry_text_end
+ * __ctors_start, __ctors_end
+ */
+extern char _text[], _stext[], _etext[];
+extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[];
+extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
+extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[];
+extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[];
+extern char _end[];
+extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
+extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
+extern char __entry_text_start[], __entry_text_end[];
+extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
+
+/* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
+extern char __ctors_start[], __ctors_end[];
+
+extern __visible const void __nosave_begin, __nosave_end;
+
+/* function descriptor handling (if any). Override
+ * in asm/sections.h */
+#ifndef dereference_function_descriptor
+#define dereference_function_descriptor(p) (p)
+#endif
+
+/* random extra sections (if any). Override
+ * in asm/sections.h */
+#ifndef arch_is_kernel_text
+static inline int arch_is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef arch_is_kernel_data
+static inline int arch_is_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */