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Subject[PATCH 02/14] efi/libstub: arm64: use hidden attribute for struct screen_info reference
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To prevent the compiler from emitting absolute references to screen_info
when building position independent code, redeclare the symbol with hidden
visibility.

Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Tested-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
index 8f3043aba873..464ac850c5e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ static inline unsigned long efi_get_max_initrd_addr(unsigned long dram_base,
#define alloc_screen_info(x...) &screen_info
#define free_screen_info(x...)

+/* redeclare as 'hidden' so the compiler will generate relative references */
+extern struct screen_info screen_info __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden")));
+
static inline void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt)
{
}
--
2.11.0
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