linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm64: move kimage

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Date:   Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:38:46 +0200
From:   Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        will@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: move kimage_vaddr to .rodata

From: Remi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis.courmont@...wei.com>

This datum is not referenced from .idmap.text: it does not need to be
mapped in idmap. Lets move it to .rodata as it is never written to after
early boot of the primary CPU.
(Maybe .data.ro_after_init would be cleaner though?)

Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6e08ee2b4d55..8e5c0e0040e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -457,17 +457,19 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__primary_switched)
 	b	start_kernel
 SYM_FUNC_END(__primary_switched)
 
+	.pushsection ".rodata", "a"
+SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
+	.quad		_text - TEXT_OFFSET
+SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
+	.popsection
+
 /*
  * end early head section, begin head code that is also used for
  * hotplug and needs to have the same protections as the text region
  */
 	.section ".idmap.text","awx"
 
-SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
-	.quad		_text - TEXT_OFFSET
-SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
-
 /*
  * If we're fortunate enough to boot at EL2, ensure that the world is
  * sane before dropping to EL1.
-- 
2.25.1