[PATCH v2 01/29] powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note"

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri Oct 11 17:00:59 AEDT 2019


Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> writes:
> The Program Header identifiers are internal to the linker scripts. In
> preparation for moving the NOTES segment declaration into RO_DATA,
> standardize the identifier for the PT_NOTE entry to "note" as used by
> all other architectures that emit PT_NOTE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

cheers

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 060a1acd7c6d..81e672654789 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
>  
>  PHDRS {
>  	kernel PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
> -	notes PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
> +	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
>  	dummy PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
>  
>  	/* binutils < 2.18 has a bug that makes it misbehave when taking an
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  #endif
>  	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
>  
> -	NOTES :kernel :notes
> +	NOTES :kernel :note
>  
>  	/* The dummy segment contents for the bug workaround mentioned above
>  	   near PHDRS.  */
> -- 
> 2.17.1


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