[PATCH 07/29] x86: Restore "text" Program Header with dummy section
From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-26 17:57:52
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linux-alpha, linux-arch, linux-s390, lkml
Subsystem:
the rest, x86 architecture (32-bit and 64-bit) · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen
Instead of depending on markings in the section following NOTES to restore the associated Program Header, use a dummy section, as done in other architectures. This is preparation for moving NOTES into the RO_DATA macro. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted> --- arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e2feacf921a0..788e78978030 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ SECTIONS } :text = 0x9090 NOTES :text :note + .dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text - EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090 + EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) /* .text should occupy whole number of pages */ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
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