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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index a9c4e4721434..63cedc3c0c77 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
* _etext = .;
*
* _sdata = .;
- * RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
- * RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ * RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+ * RW_DATA(...)
* _edata = .;
*
* EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
- * NOTES
*
* BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
* _end = .;
@@ -54,6 +53,33 @@
#define LOAD_OFFSET 0
#endif
+/*
+ * Only some architectures want to have the .notes segment visible in
+ * a separate PT_NOTE ELF Program Header. When this happens, it needs
+ * to be visible in both the kernel text's PT_LOAD and the PT_NOTE
+ * Program Headers. In this case, though, the PT_LOAD needs to be made
+ * the default again so that all the following sections don't also end
+ * up in the PT_NOTE Program Header.
+ */
+#ifdef EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define NOTES_HEADERS :text :note
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE __restore_ph : { *(.__restore_ph) } :text
+#else
+#define NOTES_HEADERS
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Some architectures have non-executable read-only exception tables.
+ * They can be added to the RO_DATA segment by specifying their desired
+ * alignment.
+ */
+#ifdef RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE EXCEPTION_TABLE(RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN)
+#else
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE
+#endif
+
/* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
#define ALIGN_FUNCTION() . = ALIGN(8)
@@ -348,7 +374,7 @@
/*
* Read only Data
*/
-#define RO_DATA_SECTION(align) \
+#define RO_DATA(align) \
. = ALIGN((align)); \
.rodata : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
__start_rodata = .; \
@@ -496,15 +522,13 @@
__start___modver = .; \
KEEP(*(__modver)) \
__stop___modver = .; \
- . = ALIGN((align)); \
- __end_rodata = .; \
} \
- . = ALIGN((align));
-
-/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
- * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RODATA RO_DATA_SECTION(4096)
-#define RO_DATA(align) RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
+ \
+ RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE \
+ NOTES \
+ \
+ . = ALIGN((align)); \
+ __end_rodata = .;
/*
* .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
@@ -790,7 +814,8 @@
__start_notes = .; \
KEEP(*(.note.*)) \
__stop_notes = .; \
- }
+ } NOTES_HEADERS \
+ NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
#define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align) \
. = ALIGN(initsetup_align); \
@@ -962,7 +987,7 @@
* matches the requirement of PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA.
*
* use 0 as page_align if page_aligned data is not used */
-#define RW_DATA_SECTION(cacheline, pagealigned, inittask) \
+#define RW_DATA(cacheline, pagealigned, inittask) \
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
INIT_TASK_DATA(inittask) \