Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86/build: Move _etext to actual end of .text"

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 09:52:08AM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> This reverts commit 392bef709659abea614abfe53cf228e7a59876a4.
> 
> Per the discussion here:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/20/830
> 
> the above referenced commit breaks kernel compilation with old GCC
> toolchains as well as current versions of the Gold linker.  Revert it so
> we don't regress and lose the ability to compile the kernel with these
> tools.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 0850b5149345..4d1517022a14 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ SECTIONS
>  		*(.text.__x86.indirect_thunk)
>  		__indirect_thunk_end = .;
>  #endif
> -	} :text = 0x9090
>  
> -	/* End of text section */
> -	_etext = .;
> +		/* End of text section */
> +		_etext = .;
> +	} :text = 0x9090
>  
>  	NOTES :text :note
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1

-- 
Kees Cook