[PATCH 1/2] Add RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT to generic DISCARDS

[H.J. Lu]

In x86 kernel, .exit.text and .exit.data sections are discarded at
runtime, not by linker.  Add RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT to generic DISCARDS
and define it in x86 kernel linker script to keep them.

Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S     |  1 +
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e3296aa028fe..7206e1ac23dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET __START_KERNEL_map
 #endif
 
+#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
 #define EMITS_PT_NOTE
 #define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index e00f41aa8ec4..6b943fb8c5fd 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -894,10 +894,16 @@
  * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
  * definitions.
  */
+#ifdef RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
+#define EXIT_DISCARDS
+#else
+#define EXIT_DISCARDS							\
+	EXIT_TEXT							\
+	EXIT_DATA
+#endif
 #define DISCARDS							\
 	/DISCARD/ : {							\
-	EXIT_TEXT							\
-	EXIT_DATA							\
+	EXIT_DISCARDS							\
 	EXIT_CALL							\
 	*(.discard)							\
 	*(.discard.*)							\
-- 
2.25.1