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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6ad76bf5fb40..a43223af98b6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -33,13 +33,10 @@
* BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
* _end = .;
*
- * /DISCARD/ : {
- * EXIT_TEXT
- * EXIT_DATA
- * EXIT_CALL
- * }
* STABS_DEBUG
* DWARF_DEBUG
+ *
+ * DISCARDS // must be the last
* }
*
* [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
@@ -626,6 +623,23 @@
#define INIT_RAM_FS
#endif
+/*
+ * Default discarded sections.
+ *
+ * Some archs want to discard exit text/data at runtime rather than
+ * link time due to cross-section references such as alt instructions,
+ * bug table, eh_frame, etc. DISCARDS must be the last of output
+ * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
+ * definitions.
+ */
+#define DISCARDS \
+ /DISCARD/ : { \
+ EXIT_TEXT \
+ EXIT_DATA \
+ EXIT_CALL \
+ *(.discard) \
+ }
+
/**
* PERCPU_VADDR - define output section for percpu area
* @vaddr: explicit base address (optional)