linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] sparc: support static_key usage in non-module _

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:49:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jbaron@...mai.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, joe@...ches.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] sparc: support static_key usage in non-module
 __exit sections

From: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Jul 2016 17:42:32 -0400

> The jump table can reference text found in an __exit section. Thus,
> instead of discarding it at build/link time, include EXIT_TEXT as part
> of __init and release it at system boot time.
> 
> Without this patch the link fails with:
> 
>     `.exit.text' referenced in section `__jump_table' of xxx.o:
>     defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of xxx.o
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>