[PATCH v2 02/29] asm-generic: add .data.rel.ro sections to __ro_after_init

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017, Ard Biesheuvel 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.
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>

> ---
>  include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index da0be9a8d1de..d16537b0b102 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
>  #ifndef RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
>  #define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA						\
>  	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ro_after_init) = .;			\
> -	*(.data..ro_after_init)						\
> +	*(.data..ro_after_init .data.rel.ro.*)				\
>  	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ro_after_init) = .;
>  #endif
>  
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 
>