[PATCH] arm64: move kimage_vaddr to .rodata

From: RÃmi Denis-Courmont
Date: Thu Mar 12 2020 - 05:50:14 EST


From: Remi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis.courmont@xxxxxxxxxx>

This datum is not referenced from .idmap.text: it does not need to be
mapped in idmap. Lets move it to .rodata as it is never written to after
early boot of the primary CPU.
(Maybe .data.ro_after_init would be cleaner though?)

Signed-off-by: RÃmi Denis-Courmont <remi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6e08ee2b4d55..8e5c0e0040e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -457,17 +457,19 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__primary_switched)
b start_kernel
SYM_FUNC_END(__primary_switched)

+ .pushsection ".rodata", "a"
+SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
+ .quad _text - TEXT_OFFSET
+SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
+ .popsection
+
/*
* end early head section, begin head code that is also used for
* hotplug and needs to have the same protections as the text region
*/
.section ".idmap.text","awx"

-SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
- .quad _text - TEXT_OFFSET
-SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
-
/*
* If we're fortunate enough to boot at EL2, ensure that the world is
* sane before dropping to EL1.
--
2.25.1