This section collects all source .note.* sections together in the vmlinux image. Without it .note.Linux section may be placed at address 0, while the rest of the kernel is at its normal address, resulting in a huge vmlinux.bin image that may not be linked into the xtensa Image.elf.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Max Filippov jcmvbkbc@gmail.com --- arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile | 2 +- arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile index dc9e0ba7122c..294846117fc2 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile +++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ uImage: $(obj)/uImage boot-elf boot-redboot: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-y)) $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/$@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)

-OBJCOPYFLAGS = --strip-all -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id -O binary +OBJCOPYFLAGS = --strip-all -R .comment -R .notes -O binary

vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy) diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index a1c3edb8ad56..fa926995d2a3 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ SECTIONS .fixup : { *(.fixup) }

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) + NOTES /* Data section */

_sdata = .;