linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] x86/vmlinux.lds.S: take __START

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:58:39 +0000
From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
To: tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com,
	bp@...en8.de,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] x86/vmlinux.lds.S: take __START_KERNEL out conditional definition

If CONFIG_X86_32, the section start address is defined to be
"LOAD_OFFSET + LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR", which is the same as
__START_KERNEL_map.

Let's take it out to remove the complexity.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 88dcf9366949..a20409b0a3f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -110,11 +110,10 @@ PHDRS {
 
 SECTIONS
 {
+	. = __START_KERNEL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	. = LOAD_OFFSET + LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR;
 	phys_startup_32 = ABSOLUTE(startup_32 - LOAD_OFFSET);
 #else
-	. = __START_KERNEL;
 	phys_startup_64 = ABSOLUTE(startup_64 - LOAD_OFFSET);
 #endif
 
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