This patch can likely be taken regardless of the rest of the series. It would be good to get additional review from the person who added CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION maybe?
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]> wrote: > Make sure the linker doesn't remove .altinstructions or > .altinstr_replacement when CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION is > enabled. > > Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]> > --- > arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > index 7da3e5c366a0..15479995869c 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > @@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ SECTIONS > . = ALIGN(4); > .altinstructions : { > __alt_instructions = .; > - *(.altinstructions) > + KEEP(*(.altinstructions)) > __alt_instructions_end = .; > } > .altinstr_replacement : { > - *(.altinstr_replacement) > + KEEP(*(.altinstr_replacement)) > } > > . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); > -- > 2.15.0.403.gc27cc4dac6-goog > -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
