[PATCH 6/9] arm64/build: Use common DISCARDS in linker script

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Feb 27 2020 - 19:22:57 EST


Use the common DISCARDS rule for the linker script in an effort to
regularize the linker script to prepare for warning on orphaned
sections.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 497f9675071d..c61d9ab3211c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
*/

#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN 8
+#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT

#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#include <asm/cache.h>
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@

/* .exit.text needed in case of alternative patching */
#define ARM_EXIT_KEEP(x) x
-#define ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(x)

OUTPUT_ARCH(aarch64)
ENTRY(_text)
@@ -94,12 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
* matching the same input section name. There is no documented
* order of matching.
*/
+ DISCARDS
/DISCARD/ : {
- ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_TEXT)
- ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_DATA)
- EXIT_CALL
- *(.discard)
- *(.discard.*)
*(.interp .dynamic)
*(.dynsym .dynstr .hash .gnu.hash)
*(.eh_frame)
--
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