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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S, branch v5.5</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T17:30:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:46+00:00</published>
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Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-25-keescook@chromium.org
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Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-25-keescook@chromium.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>vmlinux.lds.h: Move NOTES into RO_DATA</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:34:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:32+00:00</published>
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The .notes section should be non-executable read-only data. As such,
move it to the RO_DATA macro instead of being per-architecture defined.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-11-keescook@chromium.org
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<pre>
The .notes section should be non-executable read-only data. As such,
move it to the RO_DATA macro instead of being per-architecture defined.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-11-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>vmlinux.lds.h: Move Program Header restoration into NOTES macro</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:34:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:31+00:00</published>
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In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, make the Program Header
assignment restoration be part of the NOTES macro itself.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-10-keescook@chromium.org
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<pre>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, make the Program Header
assignment restoration be part of the NOTES macro itself.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-10-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>vmlinux.lds.h: Provide EMIT_PT_NOTE to indicate export of .notes</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:34:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:30+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, provide a mechanism for
architectures that want to emit a PT_NOTE Program Header to do so.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-9-keescook@chromium.org
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<pre>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, provide a mechanism for
architectures that want to emit a PT_NOTE Program Header to do so.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-9-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Rename PT_LOAD identifier "kernel" to "text"</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:34:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:25+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, rename the linker script
internal identifier for the PT_LOAD Program Header from "kernel" to
"text" to match other architectures.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-4-keescook@chromium.org
</content>
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<pre>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, rename the linker script
internal identifier for the PT_LOAD Program Header from "kernel" to
"text" to match other architectures.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-4-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Remove PT_NOTE workaround</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:33:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:24+00:00</published>
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In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, remove the PT_NOTE
workaround since the kernel requires at least gcc 4.6 now.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-3-keescook@chromium.org
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<pre>
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, remove the PT_NOTE
workaround since the kernel requires at least gcc 4.6 now.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-3-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note"</title>
<updated>2019-11-04T14:33:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-29T21:13:23+00:00</published>
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The Program Header identifiers are internal to the linker scripts. In
preparation for moving the NOTES segment declaration into RO_DATA,
standardize the identifier for the PT_NOTE entry to "note" as used by
all other architectures that emit PT_NOTE.

Note that there was discussion about changing all architectures to use
"notes" instead, but I prefer to avoid that at this time. Changing only
powerpc is the smallest change to standardize the entire kernel. And
while this standardization does use singular "note" for a section that
has more than one note in it, this is just an internal identifier. It
matches the ELF "PT_NOTE", and is 4 characters (like "text", and "data")
for pretty alignment. The more exposed macro, "NOTES", use the more
sensible plural wording.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-2-keescook@chromium.org
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The Program Header identifiers are internal to the linker scripts. In
preparation for moving the NOTES segment declaration into RO_DATA,
standardize the identifier for the PT_NOTE entry to "note" as used by
all other architectures that emit PT_NOTE.

Note that there was discussion about changing all architectures to use
"notes" instead, but I prefer to avoid that at this time. Changing only
powerpc is the smallest change to standardize the entire kernel. And
while this standardization does use singular "note" for a section that
has more than one note in it, this is just an internal identifier. It
matches the ELF "PT_NOTE", and is 4 characters (like "text", and "data")
for pretty alignment. The more exposed macro, "NOTES", use the more
sensible plural wording.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Michal Simek &lt;monstr@monstr.eu&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Yoshinori Sato &lt;ysato@users.sourceforge.jp&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-2-keescook@chromium.org
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/kconfig: define CONFIG_DATA_SHIFT and CONFIG_ETEXT_SHIFT</title>
<updated>2019-02-23T10:04:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2019-02-21T19:08:47+00:00</published>
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CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX requires a special alignment
for DATA for some subarches. Today it is just defined
as an #ifdef in vmlinux.lds.S

In order to get more flexibility, this patch moves the
definition of this alignment in Kconfig

On some subarches, CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX will
require a special alignment of _etext.

This patch also adds a configuration item for it in Kconfig

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX requires a special alignment
for DATA for some subarches. Today it is just defined
as an #ifdef in vmlinux.lds.S

In order to get more flexibility, this patch moves the
definition of this alignment in Kconfig

On some subarches, CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX will
require a special alignment of _etext.

This patch also adds a configuration item for it in Kconfig

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/32: Include .branch_lt in data section</title>
<updated>2019-02-05T04:47:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Stanley</name>
<email>joel@jms.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-14T03:02:18+00:00</published>
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When building a 32 bit powerpc kernel with Binutils 2.31.1 this warning
is emitted:

 powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.branch_lt' from
 `arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o' being placed in section `.branch_lt'

As of binutils commit 2d7ad24e8726 ("Support PLT16 relocs against local
symbols")[1], 32 bit targets can produce .branch_lt sections in their
output.

Include these symbols in the .data section as the ppc64 kernel does.

[1] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=2d7ad24e8726ba4c45c9e67be08223a146a837ce
Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley &lt;joel@jms.id.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alan Modra &lt;amodra@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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When building a 32 bit powerpc kernel with Binutils 2.31.1 this warning
is emitted:

 powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.branch_lt' from
 `arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o' being placed in section `.branch_lt'

As of binutils commit 2d7ad24e8726 ("Support PLT16 relocs against local
symbols")[1], 32 bit targets can produce .branch_lt sections in their
output.

Include these symbols in the .data section as the ppc64 kernel does.

[1] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=2d7ad24e8726ba4c45c9e67be08223a146a837ce
Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley &lt;joel@jms.id.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Alan Modra &lt;amodra@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Use ALIGN instead of BLOCK</title>
<updated>2019-01-15T00:12:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Stanley</name>
<email>joel@jms.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2019-01-11T23:50:56+00:00</published>
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In the ld documentation under Builtin Functions:

  BLOCK(exp)

    This is a synonym for ALIGN, for compatibility with older linker scripts.

Clang's linker (lld) doesn't know about BLOCK so remove this use of
it.

Suggested-by: George Rimar &lt;grimar@accesssoftek.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley &lt;joel@jms.id.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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In the ld documentation under Builtin Functions:

  BLOCK(exp)

    This is a synonym for ALIGN, for compatibility with older linker scripts.

Clang's linker (lld) doesn't know about BLOCK so remove this use of
it.

Suggested-by: George Rimar &lt;grimar@accesssoftek.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley &lt;joel@jms.id.au&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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