Hi, > In our linker script we open code the list of text sections, because > we need to include the __ftr_alt sections, which are arch-specific. > > This means we can't use TEXT_TEXT as defined in vmlinux.lds.h, and so > we don't have the MEM_KEEP() logic for memory hotplug sections. > > If we build the kernel with the gold linker, and with > CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y, we see that functions marked __meminit can > end up outside of the _stext/_etext range, and also outside of > _sinittext/_einittext, eg: > > c000000000000000 T _stext > c0000000009e0000 A _etext > c0000000009e3f18 T hash__vmemmap_create_mapping > c000000000ca0000 T _sinittext > c000000000d00844 T _einittext > > This causes them to not be recognised as text by is_kernel_text(), and > prevents them being patched by jump_label (and presumably > ftrace/kprobes etc.). > > Fix it by adding MEM_KEEP() directives, mirroring what TEXT_TEXT does. > > This isn't a problem when CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=n, because we use the > standard INIT_TEXT_SECTION() and EXIT_TEXT macros from vmlinux.lds.h.
Thanks Michael, looks good: Tested-by: Anton Blanchard <an...@samba.org> Anton -- > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index b5fba689fca6..b59d75e194a5 > 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ SECTIONS > KPROBES_TEXT > IRQENTRY_TEXT > SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT > + MEM_KEEP(init.text) > + MEM_KEEP(exit.text) > > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32 > *(.got1)