Many architectures have an EXCEPTION_TABLE that only needs to be readable. As such, it should live in RO_DATA. Create a macro to identify this case for the architectures that can move EXCEPTION_TABLE into RO_DATA. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index 356078e50a5c..9867d8e41eed 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ #define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE #endif +/* + * Some architectures have non-executable read-only exception tables. + * They can be added to the RO_DATA segment by specifying their desired + * alignment. + */ +#ifdef RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN +#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE EXCEPTION_TABLE(RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN) +#else +#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE +#endif + /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */ #define ALIGN_FUNCTION() . = ALIGN(8) @@ -513,6 +524,7 @@ __stop___modver = .; \ } \ \ + RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE \ NOTES \ \ . = ALIGN((align)); \ -- 2.17.1