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diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index c85c29d660bd..fef3dc6e21b9 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -787,6 +787,17 @@ config ARM64_MODULE_PLTS select ARM64_MODULE_CMODEL_LARGE select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC +config RELOCATABLE + bool + help + This builds the kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE), + which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the + kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the + address it was linked at. + Since AArch64 uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a + relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the + same address it was linked at. + endmenu menu "Boot options" |