kern/symbols: No need for a separate .symbol_table section

vlang · May 21, 2024 · 60fba64 · 60fba64
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diff --git a/kernel/c/symbol_table.c b/kernel/c/symbol_table.c
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <symbols.h>
 
-__attribute__((section(".symbol_table")))
-struct symbol symbol_table[] = {
+const struct symbol symbol_table[] = {
     {0xffffffffffffffff, ""}
 };
 
-struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void) {
+const struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void) {
     return symbol_table;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/c/symbols.h b/kernel/c/symbols.h
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ struct symbol {
 	char *string;
 };
 
-struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void);
+const struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/gensyms.sh b/kernel/gensyms.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	char *string;
 };
 
-__attribute__((section(".symbol_table")))
-struct symbol symbol_table[] = {
+const struct symbol symbol_table[] = {
 EOF
 
 paste -d'$' "$TMP2" "$TMP3" | sed "s/^/    {0x/g;s/\\\$/, \"/g;s/\$/\"},/g"
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ cat <<EOF
     {0xffffffffffffffff, ""}
 };
 
-struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void) {
+const struct symbol *get_symbol_table(void) {
     return symbol_table;
 }
 EOF

diff --git a/kernel/linker.ld b/kernel/linker.ld
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ SECTIONS
         *(.rodata .rodata.*)
     } :rodata
 
-    .symbol_table : {
-        *(.symbol_table)
-    } :rodata
-
     rodata_end = .;
 
     /* Move to the next memory page for .data */