The source file requests page alignment - avoid a padding hole by placing it right after .text.entry. On average this yields a .text size reduction of 2k.
Requested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- v2: New. --- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S +++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S @@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); _etextentry = .; + *(.text.kexec) /* Page aligned in the object file. */ + *(.text.cold) *(.text.unlikely) *(.fixup) - *(.text.kexec) *(.gnu.warning) _etext = .; /* End of text section */ } PHDR(text) = 0x9090