stacktool reports the following warning: stacktool: arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.o: _aesni_inc_init(): can't find starting instruction stacktool gets confused when it tries to disassemble the following data in the .text section: .Lbswap_mask: .byte 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 Move it to .rodata which is a more appropriate section for read-only data. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S index 6bd2c6c..c44cfed 100644 --- a/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S +++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_asm.S @@ -2538,9 +2538,11 @@ ENTRY(aesni_cbc_dec) ENDPROC(aesni_cbc_dec) #ifdef __x86_64__ +.pushsection .rodata .align 16 .Lbswap_mask: .byte 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 +.popsection /* * _aesni_inc_init: internal ABI -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html