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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 37 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 115bda280d50..dd96b467946b 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -99,6 +99,43 @@ SECTIONS EXIT_DATA } + /* + * struct alt_inst entries. From the header (alternative.h): + * "Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities" + * Think locking instructions on spinlocks. + * Note, that it is a part of __init region. + */ + . = ALIGN(8); + .altinstructions : { + __alt_instructions = .; + *(.altinstructions) + __alt_instructions_end = .; + } + + /* + * And here are the replacement instructions. The linker sticks + * them as binary blobs. The .altinstructions has enough data to + * get the address and the length of them to patch the kernel safely. + * Note, that it is a part of __init region. + */ + .altinstr_replacement : { + *(.altinstr_replacement) + } + + /* + * Table with the patch locations to undo expolines + */ + .nospec_call_table : { + __nospec_call_start = . ; + *(.s390_indirect*) + __nospec_call_end = . ; + } + .nospec_return_table : { + __nospec_return_start = . ; + *(.s390_return*) + __nospec_return_end = . ; + } + /* early.c uses stsi, which requires page aligned data. */ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); INIT_DATA_SECTION(0x100) |