Merge commit 'f4bcd8ccddb02833340652e9f46f5127828eb79d' into x86/build

Bring in upstream merge of x86/kaslr for future patches.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 9c2ab06dc4f2..cfbdbdb4e173 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);
 }