Re: [PATCH 2/3] riscv: vdso.lds.S: merge .data section into .rodata section

From: Andrew Jones
Date: Fri Jul 28 2023 - 08:57:13 EST


On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 01:30:23AM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> The .data section doesn't need to be separate from .rodata section,
> they are both readonly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S | 15 +++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> index d43fd7c7dd11..671aa21769bc 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> @@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ SECTIONS
> .eh_frame_hdr : { *(.eh_frame_hdr) } :text :eh_frame_hdr
> .eh_frame : { KEEP (*(.eh_frame)) } :text
>
> - .rodata : { *(.rodata .rodata.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
> + .rodata : {
> + *(.rodata .rodata.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*)
> + *(.got.plt) *(.got)
> + *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
> + *(.dynbss)
> + *(.bss .bss.* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)

Looking at other architectures, it appears the last three lines of
sections could be discarded, but I don't know enough about this to
state they should be.

Thanks,
drew


> + }
>
> /*
> * This linker script is used both with -r and with -shared.
> @@ -44,13 +50,6 @@ SECTIONS
> .alternative : {
> *(.alternative)
> }
> -
> - .data : {
> - *(.got.plt) *(.got)
> - *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
> - *(.dynbss)
> - *(.bss .bss.* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
> - }
> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.40.1
>