[PATCH v3] scripts: Do not strip .rela.dyn section

patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org
Thu May 8 09:52:09 PDT 2025


Hello:

This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
by Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>:

On Tue,  8 Apr 2025 09:28:51 +0200 you wrote:
> The .rela.dyn section contains runtime relocations and is only emitted
> for a relocatable kernel.
> 
> riscv uses this section to relocate the kernel at runtime but that section
> is stripped from vmlinux. That prevents kexec to successfully load vmlinux
> since it does not contain the relocations info needed.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3] scripts: Do not strip .rela.dyn section
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/e9d86b8e17e7

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