Section mismatch in parainstructions

[ak at suse.de (Andi Kleen)]

On Monday 11 December 2006 00:58, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> Is it OK for section .parainstructions to reference
> exit.text?

Yes it's ok because

 /* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
     from .altinstructions and .eh_frame */

Same applies to paravirtops patching.

-Andi