[PATCH 0/7] Add support for GNU gold

[Sami Tolvanen]

These patches add macros for detecting the linker name and version,
and apply fixes and workarounds needed to link the arm64 kernel with
GNU gold.

Sami Tolvanen (7):
  kbuild: add ld-name macro and support for GNU gold
  kbuild: add ld-if-name-version and linker-specific macros
  kbuild: fix LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION with GNU gold
  arm64: fix -m for GNU gold
  arm64: keep .altinstructions and .altinstr_replacement
  arm64: explicitly pass --no-fix-cortex-a53-843419 to GNU gold
  arm64: add a workaround for GNU gold with ARM64_MODULE_PLTS

 Makefile                          |  5 +++++
 arch/arm64/Makefile               | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds      |  4 ++--
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S   |  4 ++--
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |  8 ++++----
 scripts/Kbuild.include            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

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