For some time (050d18d1c651 "ARM: 8650/1: module: handle negative R_ARM_PREL31 addends correctly", v4.11+), building a kernel without CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD would lead to module loads failing on ARM systems with certain memory layouts, with messages like:
imx_sdma: section 16 reloc 0 sym '': relocation 42 out of range (0x7f015260 -> 0xc0f5a5e8) (0x7f015260 is in the module load area, 0xc0f5a5e8 a regular vmalloc address; relocation 42 is R_ARM_PREL31) This is caused by relocatiosn in the .ARM.extab.exit.text and .ARM.exidx.exit.text sections referencing the .exit.text section. As the module loader will omit loading .exit.text without CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD, there will be relocations from loaded to unloaded sections; the resulting huge offsets trigger the sanity checks added in 050d18d1c651. IA64 might be affected by a similar issue - sections with names like .IA_64.unwind.exit.text and .IA_64.unwind_info.exit.text appear in the ld script - but I don't know much about that arch. Also, I'm not sure if this is stable-worthy - just enabling CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD should be a viable workaround on affected kernels. Kind regards, Matthias Matthias Schiffer (2): module: allow arch overrides for .exit section names ARM: module: recognize unwind exit sections arch/arm/include/asm/module.h | 11 +++++++++++ include/linux/moduleloader.h | 8 ++++++++ kernel/module.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.17.1
