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

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Date:   Fri, 3 Nov 2017 11:40:01 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/15] arm64: keep .altinstructions and .altinstr_replacement

This patch can likely be taken regardless of the rest of the series.
It would be good to get additional review from the person who added
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION maybe?

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> wrote:
> 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
>



-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers