linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/15] arm64: keep .altinstructions and .altinstr

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Date:   Fri,  3 Nov 2017 10:11:54 -0700
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] arm64: keep .altinstructions and .altinstr_replacement

Make sure the linker doesn't remove .altinstructions or
.altinstr_replacement when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7da3e5c366a0..15479995869c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.altinstructions : {
 		__alt_instructions = .;
-		*(.altinstructions)
+		KEEP(*(.altinstructions))
 		__alt_instructions_end = .;
 	}
 	.altinstr_replacement : {
-		*(.altinstr_replacement)
+		KEEP(*(.altinstr_replacement))
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
2.15.0.403.gc27cc4dac6-goog