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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2005-05-01 08:58:43 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-01 08:58:43 -0700
commit1b29f9d13e3cf0fe86bf7f82a3399c9e3caf58e5 (patch)
tree49fa54910161c2d0741e2a34a01e5d35d6b6e82c /arch/ppc64/kernel
parent085e6fc96bcf239cab8adc600aab2452d75590b1 (diff)
[PATCH] ppc64: add PT_NOTE section to vDSO
This patch from Roland adds a PT_NOTE section to both 32 and 64 bits vDSOs to expose the kernel version to glibc, thus avoiding a uname syscall on every launch. This is equivalent to the patches Roland posted already for x86 and x86-64. Note: the 64 bits .note is actually using the 32 bits format. This is normal. The ELF spec specifies a different format for 64 bits .note, but for some reason, this was never properly implemented, the core dumps for example are all using 32 bits format .note, and binutils cannot even read a 64 bits format .note. Talking to our toolchain folks, they think we'd rather stick to 32 bits format .note everywhere and get the spec fixed some day ... Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/ppc64/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S25
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S3
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S5
6 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index ede2f7e477c..0b1b0df973e 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
-obj-vdso32 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o
+obj-vdso32 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o
# Build rules
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4b5be4f3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/note.S
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * This supplies .note.* sections to go into the PT_NOTE inside the vDSO text.
+ * Here we can supply some information useful to userland.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(name, flags, vendor, type) \
+ .section name, flags; \
+ .balign 4; \
+ .long 1f - 0f; /* name length */ \
+ .long 3f - 2f; /* data length */ \
+ .long type; /* note type */ \
+0: .asciz vendor; /* vendor name */ \
+1: .balign 4; \
+2:
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_END \
+3: .balign 4; /* pad out section */ \
+ .previous
+
+ ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(".note.kernel-version", "a", UTS_SYSNAME, 0)
+ .long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+ ASM_ELF_NOTE_END
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index cca27bd03a5..11290c902ba 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ SECTIONS
.gnu.version_d : { *(.gnu.version_d) }
.gnu.version_r : { *(.gnu.version_r) }
+ .note : { *(.note.*) } :text :note
+
. = ALIGN (16);
.text :
{
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
PHDRS
{
text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
+ note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
}
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
index bd3f70b1a38..ab39988452c 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
-obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o
+obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o
# Build rules
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc2a509f7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/note.S
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "../vdso32/note.S"
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
index 942c815c7bc..9cb28181da8 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ SECTIONS
.gnu.version_d : { *(.gnu.version_d) }
.gnu.version_r : { *(.gnu.version_r) }
+ .note : { *(.note.*) } :text :note
+
. = ALIGN (16);
.text :
{
*(.text .stub .text.* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
*(.sfpr .glink)
- }
+ } :text
PROVIDE (__etext = .);
PROVIDE (_etext = .);
PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ SECTIONS
PHDRS
{
text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
+ note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
}