On March 1, 2017 7:20:03 AM PST, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote: >The __unreachable section is only used at compile time. It's discarded >for vmlinux but it should also be discarded for modules. > >Fixes: d1091c7fa3d5 ("objtool: Improve detection of BUG() and other >dead ends") >Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> >--- > scripts/module-common.lds | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >diff --git a/scripts/module-common.lds b/scripts/module-common.lds >index 73a2c7d..936a3c6 100644 >--- a/scripts/module-common.lds >+++ b/scripts/module-common.lds >@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ > * combine them automatically. > */ > SECTIONS { >- /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) } >+ /DISCARD/ : { >+ *(.discard) >+ *(__unreachable) >+ } > > __ksymtab 0 : { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) } > __ksymtab_gpl 0 : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
I would like to see a name like, say, ".annot.unreachable", since is odds are pretty high we are going to need more annotations in the future. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.