Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] module: allow arch overrides for .init section names

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Vincent Whitchurch [11/05/20 13:48 +0200]:
> ARM stores unwind information for .init.text in sections named
> .ARM.extab.init.text and .ARM.exidx.init.text.  Since those aren't
> currently recognized as init sections, they're allocated along with the
> core section, and relocation fails if the core and the init section are
> allocated from different regions and can't reach other.
>
>  final section addresses:
>        ...
>        0x7f800000 .init.text
>        ..
>        0xcbb54078 .ARM.exidx.init.text
>        ..
>
> section 16 reloc 0 sym '': relocation 42 out of range (0xcbb54078 ->
> 0x7f800000)
>
> Allow architectures to override the section name so that ARM can fix
> this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Add comment and move module_init_section() next to module_exit_section().

Thanks, this patch looks fine to me. You could add my:

  Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Alternatively, I can take this through modules-next if the second
patch gets a review and ack from an ARM maintainer.