Re: [PATCH] x86, vmlinux.lds: Page-Align end of ..page_aligned sections

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:34:48AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Align the end of the .bss..page_aligned and .data..page_aligned section
> on page-size too. Otherwise the linker might place other objects on the
> page of the last ..page_aligned object. This is inconsistent with other
> objects in those sections, which all have their own page.

What problem was actually encountered? (i.e. why is it a problem for the
other data to be in the page of the page-aligned data? shouldn't those
data have their own, separate, alignment hint?)

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Kees Cook