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vmlinux.lds: fix .data..init_task output section (fix popwerpc boot) 

The .data..init_task output section was missing
a load offset causing a popwerpc target to fail to boot.

Sean MacLennan tracked it down to the definition of
INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION().

There are only two users of INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION()
in the kernel today: cris and popwerpc.
cris do not support relocatable kernels and is thus not
impacted by this change.

Fix INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION() to specify load offset like
all other output sections.

Reported-by: Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Sam Ravnborg 2010-07-13 11:39:42 +02:00 committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
parent 3fdfd99051
commit da5e37efe8
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
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@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
*/
#define INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION(align) \
. = ALIGN(align); \
.data..init_task : { \
.data..init_task : AT(ADDR(.data..init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
INIT_TASK_DATA(align) \
}