[PATCH 18/29] arm64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

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The EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, so collapse it into RO_DATA.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 81d94e371c95..c6ba2eee0ee8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Written by Martin Mares <mj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  */
 
+#define RO_DATA_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
@@ -135,8 +137,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)		/* everything from this point to     */
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)		/* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	/* everything from this point to __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	idmap_pg_dir = .;
-- 
2.17.1




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