1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6ad76bf5fb40..a43223af98b6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -33,13 +33,10 @@
  *      BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
  *      _end = .;
  *
- *      /DISCARD/ : {
- *              EXIT_TEXT
- *              EXIT_DATA
- *              EXIT_CALL
- *      }
  *      STABS_DEBUG
  *      DWARF_DEBUG
+ *
+ *      DISCARDS                // must be the last
  * }
  *
  * [__init_begin, __init_end] is the init section that may be freed after init
@@ -626,6 +623,23 @@
 #define INIT_RAM_FS
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Default discarded sections.
+ *
+ * Some archs want to discard exit text/data at runtime rather than
+ * link time due to cross-section references such as alt instructions,
+ * bug table, eh_frame, etc.  DISCARDS must be the last of output
+ * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
+ * definitions.
+ */
+#define DISCARDS                                                        \
+        /DISCARD/ : {                                                   \
+        EXIT_TEXT                                                       \
+        EXIT_DATA                                                       \
+        EXIT_CALL                                                       \
+        *(.discard)                                                     \
+        }
+
 /**
  * PERCPU_VADDR - define output section for percpu area
  * @vaddr: explicit base address (optional)