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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 74e4bf11f562..92dc211c11db 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) { |