diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 75fe1d6877e9ec07f5a785c8c0a64aaa9b83b6ad..6dc03c35caa0246bb87dc69c0add025e1f46ab94 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -134,14 +134,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_stop = .;
_end = .;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
.mdebug 0 : {
*(.mdebug)
}
@@ -151,4 +143,6 @@ SECTIONS
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b8324608ec0c9b8ee5db861576d159e3b8bd6bce..c4b56654349adbb8fb52fd2f4a12602a3942391c 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -124,15 +124,11 @@ SECTIONS
_end = .;
}
+ DWARF_DEBUG
+
/* When something in the kernel is NOT compiled as a module, the module
* cleanup code and data are put into these segments. Both can then be
* thrown away, as cleanup code is never called unless it's a module.
*/
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
- DWARF_DEBUG
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6e8eabd8f0a6dd9e5afe68a7b57d9095a49b0797..d7ffe299b979340de6264310434913ead137c775 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -277,9 +277,5 @@ SECTIONS
DWARF_DEBUG
- /DISCARD/ :
- {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a3175ebb38ccfa62a64d93f4fcf7cb06d2e0a104..6c81836b9229cb473aece3a99468020085647cf5 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -140,13 +140,7 @@ SECTIONS
_end = .;
__end = .;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
dram_end = dram_start + (CONFIG_ETRAX_DRAM_SIZE - __CONFIG_ETRAX_VMEM_SIZE)*1024*1024;
+
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 64b5a5e4d35e77040c398871a6f40c9afc07c7df..7dbf41f68b523a14f7c39b683689c51f53c99f4f 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ SECTIONS
.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
+ DISCARDS
}
__kernel_image_size_no_bss = __bss_start - __kernel_image_start;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 03d6c0df33db44462aee6e8c290acc8e0dffe37b..662b02ecb86eacfd068e65b3c73a14e11760813d 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ SECTIONS
__end = . ;
__ramstart = .;
}
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
.romfs :
{
*(.romfs*)
@@ -166,4 +162,6 @@ SECTIONS
COMMAND_START = . - 0x200 ;
__ramend = . ;
}
+
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 13d958975874bba06d9060eecdd4fa8421e9eb82..eb4214d1c5afe342729901da138870302676f6d9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ PHDRS {
}
SECTIONS
{
- /* Sections to be discarded */
+ /* unwind exit sections must be discarded before the rest of the
+ sections get included. */
/DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
*(.IA_64.unwind.exit.text)
*(.IA_64.unwind_info.exit.text)
- }
+ *(.comment)
+ *(.note)
+ }
v = PAGE_OFFSET; /* this symbol is here to make debugging easier... */
phys_start = _start - LOAD_OFFSET;
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ SECTIONS
.debug_funcnames 0 : { *(.debug_funcnames) }
.debug_typenames 0 : { *(.debug_typenames) }
.debug_varnames 0 : { *(.debug_varnames) }
- /* These must appear regardless of . */
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.comment) }
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.note) }
+
+ /* Default discards */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 480a49944cfd426c5d05bda87a69e676b4e41071..de5e21cca6a5a323d6a5eb3232694863cef05a36 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ SECTIONS
_end = . ;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
/* Stabs debugging sections. */
.stab 0 : { *(.stab) }
.stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }
@@ -136,4 +128,7 @@ SECTIONS
.stab.index 0 : { *(.stab.index) }
.stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }
.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 905a797ada935a3a1a2517cb38bd61537efe01ee..47eac19e8f61d68c7ecbd26de4704e133e213852 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ SECTIONS
_end = . ;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
/* Stabs debugging sections. */
.stab 0 : { *(.stab) }
.stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }
@@ -98,4 +90,7 @@ SECTIONS
.stab.index 0 : { *(.stab.index) }
.stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }
.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index 47d04be322aac4e86dc5350193f4ca1fd8beb936..03efaf04d7d7dad17f37a1f95dd454a6b64ea8b3 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ __init_begin = .;
_end = . ;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
.crap : {
/* Stabs debugging sections. */
*(.stab)
@@ -97,4 +89,6 @@ __init_begin = .;
*(.note)
}
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 68111a61a77f26f175a3cc15931f88d482b04dac..2736a5e309c0d1b386f2be27b3b3477d58e4a5c1 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ SECTIONS {
__init_end = .;
} > INIT
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
.bss : {
. = ALIGN(4);
_sbss = . ;
@@ -201,5 +194,6 @@ SECTIONS {
_end = . ;
} > BSS
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 81bebdcb18fe71d8a6c72e8415e58fc9e41964ad..ec5fa91a48d83bf515912011bd0f48e6419113e6 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -163,5 +163,5 @@ SECTIONS {
. = ALIGN(4096);
_end = .;
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 45901609b741df293b027fe0dffba7822c54b122..1474c18fb777d13c1d07f164f50ccef1304f156b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -176,18 +176,6 @@ SECTIONS
_end = . ;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
-
- /* ABI crap starts here */
- *(.MIPS.options)
- *(.options)
- *(.pdr)
- *(.reginfo)
- }
-
/* These mark the ABI of the kernel for debuggers. */
.mdebug.abi32 : {
KEEP(*(.mdebug.abi32))
@@ -213,4 +201,14 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gptab.bss)
*(.gptab.sbss)
}
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
+ /DISCARD/ : {
+ /* ABI crap starts here */
+ *(.MIPS.options)
+ *(.options)
+ *(.pdr)
+ *(.reginfo)
+ }
}
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5609d4962a55d58bac652b6a5757b87e2c2915c6..8fcd0f1e21deafef6da4a3f32c39b29b4887ce8a 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -115,13 +115,10 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
pg0 = .;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_CALL
- *(.discard)
- }
-
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ccf58341845a1484b529c08d251d475613fdfcdb..aea1784edbd122d0fd5533edd29fb3d9cd659c64 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -237,10 +237,12 @@ SECTIONS
/* freed after init ends here */
_end = . ;
+ STABS_DEBUG
+ .note 0 : { *(.note) }
+
/* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
/DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
/* temporary hack until binutils is fixed to not emit these
* for static binaries
@@ -253,7 +255,4 @@ SECTIONS
*(.gnu.hash)
#endif
}
-
- STABS_DEBUG
- .note 0 : { *(.note) }
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7fca9355fd3d6a1fffce12d8cc7d09d30a250f36..244e3658983c226352721e23d1c13d858b2e05b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64 + 4;
#endif
SECTIONS
{
- /* Sections to be discarded. */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- EXIT_DATA
- }
-
. = KERNELBASE;
/*
@@ -299,4 +292,7 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
_end = . ;
PROVIDE32 (end = .);
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded. */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 98867dfea4696ac9cffe386934b500a9aa14f6ad..82415c75b996447a202cbda9fe032222bc45eb6a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -157,14 +157,10 @@ SECTIONS
_end = . ;
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
/* Debugging sections. */
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 766976d27b21960c0a205ee454fc129a8a84633e..0ce254bca92fc5ce2541ec4e0080df97c17c97ed 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -163,17 +163,14 @@ SECTIONS
_end = . ;
}
+ STABS_DEBUG
+ DWARF_DEBUG
+
/*
* When something in the kernel is NOT compiled as a module, the
* module cleanup code and data are put into these segments. Both
* can then be thrown away, as cleanup code is never called unless
* it's a module.
*/
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
- STABS_DEBUG
- DWARF_DEBUG
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d63cf914667de8c0cb327aaf182f2e83d19b42a9..866390feb6833002efc399a4f9cc6d7f32b31a3e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -171,13 +171,8 @@ SECTIONS
}
_end = . ;
- /DISCARD/ : {
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index cb0248616d49d75ef1ef255210ac393b84b44018..37ecc5577a9ae8f406d64a9323d0fb0771c76dc7 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -123,8 +123,3 @@
__initramfs_end = .;
}
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- }
-
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 2916d6eadffd4ce92d9a922ab911b3b166e8590f..715a188c04729ca16f952ae312ec83015869ce76 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -157,5 +157,5 @@ SECTIONS
DWARF_DEBUG
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 1f8a622cabe1909ab237916462857dae3ea338ab..2ebd39765db85cee4db7331ec7841253f096ddea 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ SECTIONS
DWARF_DEBUG
- /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
+ DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 367e878820418789055a6a2da48aa27350ada443..b600c843710bc3ce32f140a3754b292188ed3afe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -387,15 +387,12 @@ SECTIONS
_end = .;
}
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ : {
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.eh_frame)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
+ /DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame) }
}
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b1e24638acd7c3b2040cad8ea1487b85ec78fa8e..921b6ff3b6450e430f7b6613c139767280b39df9 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -280,16 +280,6 @@ SECTIONS
*(.ResetVector.text)
}
- /* Sections to be discarded */
- /DISCARD/ :
- {
- *(.exit.literal)
- EXIT_TEXT
- EXIT_DATA
- *(.exitcall.exit)
- *(.discard)
- }
-
.xt.lit : { *(.xt.lit) }
.xt.prop : { *(.xt.prop) }
@@ -322,4 +312,8 @@ SECTIONS
*(.xt.lit)
*(.gnu.linkonce.p*)
}
+
+ /* Sections to be discarded */
+ DISCARDS
+ /DISCARD/ : { *(.exit.literal) }
}
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index c5c18ac878ab74d7f4fa5365cbddfa1e3f9bf3e4..ab8ea9b7741eb27014df31afa4d444f5f379bcd6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@
* __bss_stop = .;
* _end = .;
*
- * /DISCARD/ : {
- * EXIT_TEXT
- * EXIT_DATA
- * EXIT_CALL
- * }
* STABS_DEBUG
* DWARF_DEBUG
+ *
+ * DISCARDS // must be the last
* }
*
* [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
@@ -629,11 +626,20 @@
#define INIT_RAM_FS
#endif
+/*
+ * Default discarded sections.
+ *
+ * Some archs want to discard exit text/data at runtime rather than
+ * link time due to cross-section references such as alt instructions,
+ * bug table, eh_frame, etc. DISCARDS must be the last of output
+ * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
+ * definitions.
+ */
#define DISCARDS \
/DISCARD/ : { \
EXIT_TEXT \
EXIT_DATA \
- *(.exitcall.exit) \
+ EXIT_CALL \
*(.discard) \
}