[PATCH] vmlinux.lds.h: Keep .ctors.* with .ctors

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sun Oct 04 2020 - 22:53:03 EST


Under some circumstances, the compiler generates .ctors.* sections. This
is seen doing a cross compile of x86_64 from a powerpc64el host:

x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.ctors.65435' from `kernel/trace/trace_clock.o' being
placed in section `.ctors.65435'
x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.ctors.65435' from `kernel/trace/ftrace.o' being
placed in section `.ctors.65435'
x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.ctors.65435' from `kernel/trace/ring_buffer.o' being
placed in section `.ctors.65435'

Include these orphans along with the regular .ctors section.

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200914132249.40c88461@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201004210018.5bbc6126@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 83109d5d5fba ("x86/build: Warn on orphan section placement")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 5430febd34be..45c8b362ca45 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
#define KERNEL_CTORS() . = ALIGN(8); \
__ctors_start = .; \
+ KEEP(*(SORT(.ctors.*))) \
KEEP(*(.ctors)) \
KEEP(*(SORT(.init_array.*))) \
KEEP(*(.init_array)) \
--
2.25.1