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Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 vdso fix from Peter Anvin:
 "This is a single build fix for building with gold as opposed to GNU
  ld.  It got queued up separately and was expected to be pushed during
  the merge window, but it got left behind"

* 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, vdso: Make the vdso linker script compatible with Gold
Linus Torvalds 11 years ago
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1 changed files with 8 additions and 11 deletions
  1. 8 11
      arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S

+ 8 - 11
arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S

@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef BUILD_VDSO32
 #include <asm/vdso32.h>
 
-	.hpet_sect : {
-		hpet_page = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_HPET_PAGE);
-	} :text :hpet_sect
+	hpet_page = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_HPET_PAGE);
 
-	.vvar_sect : {
-		vvar = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_VVAR_PAGE);
+	vvar = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_VVAR_PAGE);
 
 	/* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
 #define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) vvar_ ## name = vvar + offset;
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #include <asm/vvar.h>
 #undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #undef EMIT_VVAR
-	} :text :vvar_sect
 #endif
 	. = SIZEOF_HEADERS;
 
@@ -61,7 +57,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 	. = ALIGN(0x100);
 
-	.text		: { *(.text*) }			:text	=0x90909090
+	.text		: { *(.text*) }			:text	=0x90909090,
+
+	/*
+	 * The comma above works around a bug in gold:
+	 * https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16804
+	 */
 
 	/DISCARD/ : {
 		*(.discard)
@@ -84,8 +85,4 @@ PHDRS
 	dynamic		PT_DYNAMIC	FLAGS(4);		/* PF_R */
 	note		PT_NOTE		FLAGS(4);		/* PF_R */
 	eh_frame_hdr	PT_GNU_EH_FRAME;
-#ifdef BUILD_VDSO32
-	vvar_sect	PT_NULL		FLAGS(4);		/* PF_R */
-	hpet_sect	PT_NULL		FLAGS(4);		/* PF_R */
-#endif
 }