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DateFri, 18 Jan 2008 21:41:25 +0100
FromSam Ravnborg <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 9/10] provide __parainstructions section
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 03:20:24PM -0200, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
This patch adds the __parainstructions section to vmlinux.lds.S. It's needed for the patching system.

Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> ---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S index 5ae8aa8..5e0300f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ SECTIONS
}
__con_initcall_end = .;
SECURITY_INIT
+
+ . = ALIGN(8);
+ .parainstructions : AT(ADDR(.parainstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) { + __parainstructions = .;
+ *(.parainstructions)
+ __parainstructions_end = .;
+ }
+

Are we going to see this for other archs than just x86? If so then please add this to include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
The altinstructions right below is antoehr candidate..
Sam



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