linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: fix alignment bug whithin the init sections

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Message-Id: <161071339918.2210050.14386564633032070545.b4-ty@ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:23:50 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@...il.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:     naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, maskray@...gle.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, ariel.marcovitch@...il.com, dja@...ens.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        paulus@...ba.org, oss@...error.net, npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: fix alignment bug whithin the init sections

On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 22:11:56 +0200, Ariel Marcovitch wrote:
> This is a bug that causes early crashes in builds with a
> .exit.text section smaller than a page and a .init.text section that
> ends in the beginning of a physical page (this is kinda random, which
> might explain why this wasn't really encountered before).
> 
> The init sections are ordered like this:
> 	.init.text
> 	.exit.text
> 	.init.data
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc: Fix alignment bug within the init sections
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/2225a8dda263edc35a0e8b858fe2945cf6240fde

cheers