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+// Copyright 2024, Linaro Limited
+// Author(s): Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+//! Macro to register blocks of code that run as QEMU starts up.
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! module_init {
+    ($type:ident => $body:block) => {
+        const _: () = {
+            #[used]
+            #[cfg_attr(
+                not(any(target_vendor = "apple", target_os = "windows")),
+                link_section = ".init_array"
+            )]
+            #[cfg_attr(target_vendor = "apple", link_section = "__DATA,__mod_init_func")]
+            #[cfg_attr(target_os = "windows", link_section = ".CRT$XCU")]
+            pub static LOAD_MODULE: extern "C" fn() = {
+                extern "C" fn init_fn() {
+                    $body
+                }
+
+                extern "C" fn ctor_fn() {
+                    unsafe {
+                        $crate::bindings::register_module_init(
+                            Some(init_fn),
+                            $crate::bindings::module_init_type::$type,
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                ctor_fn
+            };
+        };
+    };
+
+    // shortcut because it's quite common that $body needs unsafe {}
+    ($type:ident => unsafe $body:block) => {
+        $crate::module_init! {
+            $type => { unsafe { $body } }
+        }
+    };
+}