linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.18 096/150] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix incomplete .text.exit discards

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Date:   Fri,  2 Nov 2018 19:34:18 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.18 096/150] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix incomplete .text.exit discards

4.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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[ Upstream commit 8dcf86caa1e3daf4a6ccf38e97f4f752b411f829 ]

Enabling CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y causes linker errors on ARM:

  `.text.exit' referenced in section `.ARM.exidx.text.exit':
  defined in discarded section `.text.exit'

  `.text.exit' referenced in section `.fini_array.00100':
  defined in discarded section `.text.exit'

And related errors on NDS32:

  `.text.exit' referenced in section `.dtors.65435':
  defined in discarded section `.text.exit'

The gcov compiler flags cause certain compiler versions to generate
additional destructor-related sections that are not yet handled by the
linker script, resulting in references between discarded and
non-discarded sections.

Since destructors are not used in the Linux kernel, fix this by
discarding these additional sections.

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Tested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Reported-by: Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h     | 2 ++
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
index ae5fdff18406..8247bc15addc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #define ARM_DISCARD							\
 		*(.ARM.exidx.exit.text)					\
 		*(.ARM.extab.exit.text)					\
+		*(.ARM.exidx.text.exit)					\
+		*(.ARM.extab.text.exit)					\
 		ARM_CPU_DISCARD(*(.ARM.exidx.cpuexit.text))		\
 		ARM_CPU_DISCARD(*(.ARM.extab.cpuexit.text))		\
 		ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_TEXT)				\
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index e373e2e10f6a..a11f86014352 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -617,8 +617,8 @@
 
 #define EXIT_DATA							\
 	*(.exit.data .exit.data.*)					\
-	*(.fini_array)							\
-	*(.dtors)							\
+	*(.fini_array .fini_array.*)					\
+	*(.dtors .dtors.*)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(exit.data*)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(exit.rodata*)
 
-- 
2.17.1