[PATCH 07/29] x86: Restore "text" Program Header with dummy section

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Fri Sep 27 03:55:40 AEST 2019


Instead of depending on markings in the section following NOTES to
restore the associated Program Header, use a dummy section, as done
in other architectures. This is preparation for moving NOTES into the
RO_DATA macro.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e2feacf921a0..788e78978030 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	} :text = 0x9090
 
 	NOTES :text :note
+	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
 
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/* .text should occupy whole number of pages */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
2.17.1



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