3.8.13.7 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit b9b32bf70f2fb710b07c94e13afbc729afe221da upstream.
Use linker magic to create the vectors and vector stubs: we can tell the
linker to place them at an appropriate VMA, but keep the LMA within the
kernel. This gets rid of some unnecessary symbol manipulation, and
have the linker calculate the relocations appropriately.
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 28 ++++++++++------------------
arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index a4af8e8..c19779f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ ENDPROC(vector_\name)
1:
.endm
- .globl __stubs_start
+ .section .stubs, "ax", %progbits
__stubs_start:
@ This must be the first word
.word vector_swi
@@ -1162,24 +1162,16 @@ vector_addrexcptn:
vector_fiq:
subs pc, lr, #4
- .globl __stubs_end
-__stubs_end:
-
- .equ stubs_offset, __vectors_start + 0x1000 - __stubs_start
-
- .globl __vectors_start
+ .section .vectors, "ax", %progbits
__vectors_start:
- W(b) vector_rst + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_und + stubs_offset
- W(ldr) pc, .LCvswi + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_pabt + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_dabt + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_addrexcptn + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_irq + stubs_offset
- W(b) vector_fiq + stubs_offset
-
- .globl __vectors_end
-__vectors_end:
+ W(b) vector_rst
+ W(b) vector_und
+ W(ldr) pc, __vectors_start + 0x1000
+ W(b) vector_pabt
+ W(b) vector_dabt
+ W(b) vector_addrexcptn
+ W(b) vector_irq
+ W(b) vector_fiq
.data
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 11c1785..f9036ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
__init_begin = .;
#endif
+ /*
+ * The vectors and stubs are relocatable code, and the
+ * only thing that matters is their relative offsets
+ */
+ __vectors_start = .;
+ .vectors 0 : AT(__vectors_start) {
+ *(.vectors)
+ }
+ . = __vectors_start + SIZEOF(.vectors);
+ __vectors_end = .;
+
+ __stubs_start = .;
+ .stubs 0x1000 : AT(__stubs_start) {
+ *(.stubs)
+ }
+ . = __stubs_start + SIZEOF(.stubs);
+ __stubs_end = .;
INIT_TEXT_SECTION(8)
.exit.text : {
--
1.8.1.2
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