Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 vdso fix from Peter Anvin:
 "This is a single build fix for building with gold as opposed to GNU
  ld.  It got queued up separately and was expected to be pushed during
  the merge window, but it got left behind"

* 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, vdso: Make the vdso linker script compatible with Gold

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
index 2e263f367b13..9df017ab2285 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef BUILD_VDSO32
 #include <asm/vdso32.h>
 
-        .hpet_sect : {
-                hpet_page = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_HPET_PAGE);
-        } :text :hpet_sect
+        hpet_page = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_HPET_PAGE);
 
-        .vvar_sect : {
-                vvar = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_VVAR_PAGE);
+        vvar = . - VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_VVAR_PAGE);
 
         /* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
 #define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) vvar_ ## name = vvar + offset;
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #include <asm/vvar.h>
 #undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
 #undef EMIT_VVAR
-        } :text :vvar_sect
 #endif
         . = SIZEOF_HEADERS;
 
@@ -61,7 +57,12 @@ SECTIONS
          */
         . = ALIGN(0x100);
 
-        .text           : { *(.text*) }                 :text   =0x90909090
+        .text           : { *(.text*) }                 :text   =0x90909090,
+
+        /*
+         * The comma above works around a bug in gold:
+         * https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16804
+         */
 
         /DISCARD/ : {
                 *(.discard)
@@ -84,8 +85,4 @@ PHDRS
         dynamic         PT_DYNAMIC      FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
         note            PT_NOTE         FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
         eh_frame_hdr    PT_GNU_EH_FRAME;
-#ifdef BUILD_VDSO32
-        vvar_sect       PT_NULL         FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
-        hpet_sect       PT_NULL         FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
-#endif
 }