linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/29] powerpc: Rename PT

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Message-ID: <875zkvx1ba.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:07:21 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/29] powerpc: Rename PT_LOAD identifier "kernel" to "text"

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
> In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, rename the linker script
> internal identifier for the PT_LOAD Program Header from "kernel" to
> "text" to match other architectures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

cheers

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index a3c8492b2b19..e184a63aa5b0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>  ENTRY(_stext)
>  
>  PHDRS {
> -	kernel PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
> +	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
>  	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
>  }
>  
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  #else /* !CONFIG_PPC64 */
>  		HEAD_TEXT
>  #endif
> -	} :kernel
> +	} :text
>  
>  	__head_end = .;
>  
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  		__got2_end = .;
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
>  
> -	} :kernel
> +	} :text
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(ETEXT_ALIGN_SIZE);
>  	_etext = .;
> @@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ SECTIONS
>  #endif
>  	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
>  
> -	NOTES :kernel :note
> +	NOTES :text :note
>  	/* Restore program header away from PT_NOTE. */
> -	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :kernel
> +	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
>  
>  /*
>   * Init sections discarded at runtime
> @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>  		*(.tramp.ftrace.init);
>  #endif
> -	} :kernel
> +	} :text
>  
>  	/* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time,
>  	 * to deal with references from __bug_table
> -- 
> 2.17.1