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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/tools/relocs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c index f7bab68a4b83..11f9285a2ff6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c +++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c @@ -722,15 +722,25 @@ static void percpu_init(void) /* * Check to see if a symbol lies in the .data..percpu section. - * For some as yet not understood reason the "__init_begin" - * symbol which immediately preceeds the .data..percpu section - * also shows up as it it were part of it so we do an explict - * check for that symbol name and ignore it. + * + * The linker incorrectly associates some symbols with the + * .data..percpu section so we also need to check the symbol + * name to make sure that we classify the symbol correctly. + * + * The GNU linker incorrectly associates: + * __init_begin + * __per_cpu_load + * + * The "gold" linker incorrectly associates: + * init_per_cpu__irq_stack_union + * init_per_cpu__gdt_page */ static int is_percpu_sym(ElfW(Sym) *sym, const char *symname) { return (sym->st_shndx == per_cpu_shndx) && - strcmp(symname, "__init_begin"); + strcmp(symname, "__init_begin") && + strcmp(symname, "__per_cpu_load") && + strncmp(symname, "init_per_cpu_", 13); } |