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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 74e4bf11f562..5af9958cbdb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -41,29 +41,28 @@ ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
jiffies_64 = jiffies;
#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
/*
- * On 64-bit, align RODATA to 2MB so that even with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
- * we retain large page mappings for boundaries spanning kernel text, rodata
- * and data sections.
+ * On 64-bit, align RODATA to 2MB so we retain large page mappings for
+ * boundaries spanning kernel text, rodata and data sections.
*
* However, kernel identity mappings will have different RWX permissions
* to the pages mapping to text and to the pages padding (which are freed) the
* text section. Hence kernel identity mappings will be broken to smaller
* pages. For 64-bit, kernel text and kernel identity mappings are different,
- * so we can enable protection checks that come with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA,
- * as well as retain 2MB large page mappings for kernel text.
+ * so we can enable protection checks as well as retain 2MB large page
+ * mappings for kernel text.
*/
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE);
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE);
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END \
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END \
. = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE); \
__end_rodata_hpage_align = .;
#else
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END
#endif
@@ -112,13 +111,11 @@ SECTIONS
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
/* .text should occupy whole number of pages */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-#endif
- X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN
+ X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
- X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END
+ X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END
/* Data */
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
@@ -195,6 +192,17 @@ SECTIONS
:init
#endif
+ /*
+ * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All
+ * references to such code must be patched out by alternatives, normally
+ * by using X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS CPU feature bit.
+ *
+ * See static_cpu_has() for an example.
+ */
+ .altinstr_aux : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_aux) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ *(.altinstr_aux)
+ }
+
INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
.x86_cpu_dev.init : AT(ADDR(.x86_cpu_dev.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {