On Sunday, August 7, 2016 7:27:39 PM CEST Alan Modra wrote:
>
> If it can, then Nicholas' patch should be:
>
> *(.text.hot .text.hot.*) *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) *(.text
> .text.*)
>
> If you can't put .text.fixup too far away then you may as well just use
>
> *(.text .text.*)
I tried this version:
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index b1f8828e9eac..fc210dacac9a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@
* during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map */
#define TEXT_TEXT \
ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \
- *(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely .text.*) \
+ *(.text.hot .text.hot.*) \
+ *(.text.unlikely .text.fixup .text.unlikely.*) \
+ *(.text .text.*) \
*(.ref.text) \
MEM_KEEP(init.text) \
MEM_KEEP(exit.text) \
but that failed to link an allyesconfig kernel because of references
from .fixup to .text.*. Trying your version now:
*(.text.hot .text.hot.*) *(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*) *(.text .text.*)
Arnd
