linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UML - Add a .note.SuSE section

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Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:04:55 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Alberto Pires de Oliveira Neto <apon1@...ra.com.br>,
	giedrius@...lt
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UML - Add a .note.SuSE section

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 03:26:39PM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote:
> 
> The crash is in this section:
> 
>   __uml_setup_start = .;
>   .uml.setup.init : { *(.uml.setup.init) }
>   __uml_setup_end = .;

This looks like a classic bug.
You wanted this:
.uml.setup.init : {
	__uml_setup_start = .;
	*(.uml.setup.init)
	__uml_setup_end = .;
}

In this way you are sure __uml_setup_start has same address as start
of section.
With the original code the linker will align the .uml.setup.init section
to the alignment required by the included sections and thus
the label and the actual start address may differ.

	Sam
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