[PATCH 01/30] asm-generic: add .data.rel.ro sections to __ro_after_init

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Mon Aug 14 07:26:32 PDT 2017


On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org> wrote:
> When running in PIC mode, the compiler will emit const structures
> containing runtime relocatable quantities into .data.rel.ro.* sections,
> so that the linker can be smart about placing them together in a segment
> that is read-write initially, and is remapped read-only afterwards. This
> is exactly what __ro_after_init aims to provide, so move these sections
> together.
>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>



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