linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/9] arm64/build: Use common DISCARDS in linker script

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Message-Id: <20200228002244.15240-7-keescook@chromium.org>
Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:22:41 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] arm64/build: Use common DISCARDS in linker script

Use the common DISCARDS rule for the linker script in an effort to
regularize the linker script to prepare for warning on orphaned
sections.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 497f9675071d..c61d9ab3211c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
 
 /* .exit.text needed in case of alternative patching */
 #define ARM_EXIT_KEEP(x)	x
-#define ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(x)
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(aarch64)
 ENTRY(_text)
@@ -94,12 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	 * matching the same input section name.  There is no documented
 	 * order of matching.
 	 */
+	DISCARDS
 	/DISCARD/ : {
-		ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_TEXT)
-		ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_DATA)
-		EXIT_CALL
-		*(.discard)
-		*(.discard.*)
 		*(.interp .dynamic)
 		*(.dynsym .dynstr .hash .gnu.hash)
 		*(.eh_frame)
-- 
2.20.1