[PATCH 4.4 25/43] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

commit 337e4cc84021212a87b04b77b65cccc49304909e upstream

Add .altinstr_aux for additional instructions which will be used
before and/or during patching. All stuff which needs more
sophisticated patching should go there. See next patch.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453842730-28463-8-git-send-email-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ SECTIONS
 	:init
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All
+	 * references to such code must be patched out by alternatives, normally
+	 * by using X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS CPU feature bit.
+	 *
+	 * See static_cpu_has() for an example.
+	 */
+	.altinstr_aux : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_aux) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		*(.altinstr_aux)
+	}
+
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
 	.x86_cpu_dev.init : AT(ADDR(.x86_cpu_dev.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {