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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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