Re: [PATCH 2/2] Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES

[Mark Brown]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 10:40:36AM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 06:33:40PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > I don't understand the question, what file are you talking about
> > here?  arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h is itself a file and I
> > couldn't find anything nearby in your mail talking about a file...

> Oops, that was a typo, I meant to say "I'm not sure what
> arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h is doing with this *note*". To be
> more explicit: does ARM64 need .note.gnu.property/NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0
> in vmlinux?

It needs it in at least the vDSO which gets built into vmlinux.
AFAIR we don't use it in normal kernel code.

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