[PATCH] x86/build: Move exception tables into __ro_after_init

[PATCH] x86/build: Move exception tables into __ro_after_init

[Andrew Cooper]

It turns out that we've always been abusing the fact that .rodata is
read/write during early boot, so we can sort the two tables.

Now that we have a real __ro_after_init concept, reposition them to better
match reality.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
---
CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
CC: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
---
 xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
index 4db5b404e073..ca22e984f807 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ SECTIONS
 
        __ro_after_init_start = .;
        *(.data.ro_after_init)
+
+       . = ALIGN(8);
+       /* Exception table */
+       __start___ex_table = .;
+       *(.ex_table)
+       __stop___ex_table = .;
+
+       /* Pre-exception table */
+       __start___pre_ex_table = .;
+       *(.ex_table.pre)
+       __stop___pre_ex_table = .;
+
        . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
        __ro_after_init_end = .;
 
@@ -129,17 +141,6 @@ SECTIONS
        *(.note.gnu.build-id)
        __note_gnu_build_id_end = .;
 #endif
-       . = ALIGN(8);
-       /* Exception table */
-       __start___ex_table = .;
-       *(.ex_table)
-       __stop___ex_table = .;
-
-       /* Pre-exception table */
-       __start___pre_ex_table = .;
-       *(.ex_table.pre)
-       __stop___pre_ex_table = .;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_VPCI
        . = ALIGN(POINTER_ALIGN);
        __start_vpci_array = .;
-- 
2.11.0

Re: [PATCH] x86/build: Move exception tables into __ro_after_init

[Jan Beulich]

On 06.12.2021 14:07, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> It turns out that we've always been abusing the fact that .rodata is
> read/write during early boot, so we can sort the two tables.
> 
> Now that we have a real __ro_after_init concept, reposition them to better
> match reality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>