linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 22/22] x86: Remove .fixup section

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Message-ID: <20211104165525.827837876@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:47:51 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, mark.rutland@....com, dvyukov@...gle.com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, mbenes@...e.cz
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 22/22] x86: Remove .fixup section

No moar user, kill it dead.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S |    1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S         |    1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text		: {
 		*(.text*)
-		*(.fixup)
 	}						:text	=0x90909090,
 
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		ALIGN_ENTRY_TEXT_END
 		SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
 		STATIC_CALL_TEXT
-		*(.fixup)
 		*(.gnu.warning)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE