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-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index c5c18ac878a..ab8ea9b7741 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@
* __bss_stop = .;
* _end = .;
*
- * /DISCARD/ : {
- * EXIT_TEXT
- * EXIT_DATA
- * EXIT_CALL
- * }
* STABS_DEBUG
* DWARF_DEBUG
+ *
+ * DISCARDS // must be the last
* }
*
* [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
@@ -629,11 +626,20 @@
#define INIT_RAM_FS
#endif
+/*
+ * Default discarded sections.
+ *
+ * Some archs want to discard exit text/data at runtime rather than
+ * link time due to cross-section references such as alt instructions,
+ * bug table, eh_frame, etc. DISCARDS must be the last of output
+ * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
+ * definitions.
+ */
#define DISCARDS \
/DISCARD/ : { \
EXIT_TEXT \
EXIT_DATA \
- *(.exitcall.exit) \
+ EXIT_CALL \
*(.discard) \
}