On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 03:20:24PM -0200, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > This patch adds the __parainstructions section to vmlinux.lds.S. > It's needed for the patching system. > > Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S | 8 ++++++++ > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S > b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S > index 5ae8aa8..5e0300f 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S > @@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ SECTIONS > } > __con_initcall_end = .; > SECURITY_INIT > + > + . = ALIGN(8); > + .parainstructions : AT(ADDR(.parainstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) { > + __parainstructions = .; > + *(.parainstructions) > + __parainstructions_end = .; > + } > +
Are we going to see this for other archs than just x86? If so then please add this to include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h The altinstructions right below is antoehr candidate.. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/