linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] arch/x86: Drop unneeded linker script discard of .eh

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Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:28:01 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>, Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] arch/x86: Drop unneeded linker script discard of
 .eh_frame

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 06:21:29PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> Now that we don't generate .eh_frame sections for the files in setup.elf
> and realmode.elf, the linker scripts don't need the /DISCARD/ any more.
> 
> Remove the one in the main kernel linker script as well, since there are
> no .eh_frame sections already, and fix up a comment referencing .eh_frame.
> 
> Update the comment in asm/dwarf2.h referring to .eh_frame so it continues
> to make sense, as well as being more specific.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>

My previous review conments still stand,

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>