x86/relocs: Add percpu fixup for GNU ld 2.23

The GNU linker tries to put __per_cpu_load into the percpu area,
resulting in a lack of its relocation. Force this symbol to be
relocated. Seen starting with GNU ld 2.23 and later.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@google.com>
Cc: Cong Ding <dinggnu@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131016064314.GA2739@www.outflux.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 71a2533..11f9285 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ static void percpu_init(void)
  *
  * The GNU linker incorrectly associates:
  *     __init_begin
+ *     __per_cpu_load
  *
  * The "gold" linker incorrectly associates:
  *     init_per_cpu__irq_stack_union
@@ -738,6 +739,7 @@ static int is_percpu_sym(ElfW(Sym) *sym, const char *symname)
 {
        return (sym->st_shndx == per_cpu_shndx) &&
                strcmp(symname, "__init_begin") &&
+               strcmp(symname, "__per_cpu_load") &&
                strncmp(symname, "init_per_cpu_", 13);
 }