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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
index 9197544eea9a..de2c921025f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@
SECTIONS
{
+ /*
+ * User/kernel shared data is before the vDSO. This may be a little
+ * uglier than putting it after the vDSO, but it avoids issues with
+ * non-allocatable things that dangle past the end of the PT_LOAD
+ * segment.
+ */
+
+ vvar_start = . - 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
+ vvar_page = vvar_start;
+
+ /* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
+#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) vvar_ ## name = vvar_page + offset;
+#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
+#include <asm/vvar.h>
+#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
+#undef EMIT_VVAR
+
+ hpet_page = vvar_start + PAGE_SIZE;
+
. = SIZEOF_HEADERS;
.hash : { *(.hash) } :text
@@ -74,31 +93,6 @@ SECTIONS
.altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) } :text
.altinstr_replacement : { *(.altinstr_replacement) } :text
- /*
- * The remainder of the vDSO consists of special pages that are
- * shared between the kernel and userspace. It needs to be at the
- * end so that it doesn't overlap the mapping of the actual
- * vDSO image.
- */
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- vvar_page = .;
-
- /* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
-#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) vvar_ ## name = vvar_page + offset;
-#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
-#include <asm/vvar.h>
-#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
-#undef EMIT_VVAR
-
- . = vvar_page + PAGE_SIZE;
-
- hpet_page = .;
- . = . + PAGE_SIZE;
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- end_mapping = .;
-
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.discard)
*(.discard.*)