linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] x86/purgatory: Add linker script

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Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:00:17 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Philipp Rudo <prudo@...hat.com>,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...gle.com>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] x86/purgatory: Add linker script

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:31:27AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:18:26 +0200
> Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > > Make sure that the .text section is not divided in multiple overlapping
> > > > sections. This is not supported by kexec_file.  
> > 
> > And?
> > 
> > What is the failure scenario? Why are you fixing it? Why do we care?
> > 
> > This is way too laconic.
> > 
> 
> Yeah, I think the change log in patch 1 needs to be in this patch too,
> which gives better context.

Just read it.

Why did it work with clang version < 16?

+ toolchains ML.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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