Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:41:25 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [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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