[PATCH 4/6] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sun Jan 24 2016 - 04:30:43 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

Add .altinstr_aux for additional instructions which will be used before
and/or during patching. All stuff which needs more sophisticated
patching should go there. See next patch.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4f1994257a18..04afe9b7e52a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -195,6 +195,17 @@ SECTIONS
:init
#endif

+ /*
+ * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All
+ * references to such code must be patched out by alternatives, normally
+ * by using X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS CPU feature bit.
+ *
+ * See static_cpu_has() for an example.
+ */
+ .altinstr_aux : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_aux) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ *(.altinstr_aux)
+ }
+
INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)

.x86_cpu_dev.init : AT(ADDR(.x86_cpu_dev.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
--
2.3.5