[PATCH 1/3] ARM: move .vectors and .stubs sections back into the kernel VMA
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-03 09:13:31
On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 08:56:35AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
On 3 February 2016 at 01:03, Russell King - ARM Linux [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:19:32PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:quoted
The sections themselves are emitted 4 KB apart, as required: ... [16] .stubs PROGBITS c0c35000 a35000 0002c0 00 AX 0 0 32 [17] .vectors PROGBITS c0c34000 a44000 000020 00 AX 0 0 2 ...... which means we end up wasting most of a page for absolutely no purpose what so ever. Sorry, I'm really not happy about this gratuitous wastage.No, we don't. Here's some more context: Before: [14] .ARM.unwind_tab PROGBITS c0c2ef98 a2ef98 005088 00 A 0 0 4 [15] .notes NOTE c0c34020 a34020 000024 00 AX 0 0 4 [16] .vectors PROGBITS 00000000 a40000 000020 00 AX 0 0 2 [17] .stubs PROGBITS 00001000 a41000 0002c0 00 AX 0 0 32 [18] .init.text PROGBITS c0c352e0 a452e0 06b1b8 00 AX 0 0 32 After [14] .ARM.unwind_tab PROGBITS c0c2ef98 a2ef98 005088 00 A 0 0 4 [15] .notes NOTE c0c34020 a34020 000024 00 AX 0 0 4 [16] .stubs PROGBITS c0c35000 a35000 0002c0 00 AX 0 0 32 [17] .vectors PROGBITS c0c34000 a44000 000020 00 AX 0 0 2 [18] .init.text PROGBITS c0c352e0 a452e0 06b1b8 00 AX 0 0 32
Meaningless numbers... Do you think you can quote with the header please? I don't tend to carry around the objdump headers in my head. Thanks. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.