linux-kernel - [PATCH] ARM: Remove unused .fixup section in boot stub

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Message-ID: <202002080058.FD1DDB1@keescook>
Date:   Sat, 8 Feb 2020 01:04:18 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: Remove unused .fixup section in boot stub

The boot stub does not emit a .fixup section at all anymore, so remove
it.

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKwvOdnRhx=SgtcUCyX2ZOGATM8OzG6hSOY9wGQZcwtp+P5WBQ@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index fc7ed03d8b93..b247f399de71 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.start)
     *(.text)
     *(.text.*)
-    *(.fixup)
     *(.gnu.warning)
     *(.glue_7t)
     *(.glue_7)
-- 
2.20.1


-- 
Kees Cook