Re: [PATCH] vmlinux.lds.h: Remove a reference to no longer used sections .text..refcount

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 17:30:38 EST



On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:50:54 +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Sections .text..refcount were previously used to hold an error path code
> for fast refcount overflow protection on x86, see commit 7a46ec0e2f48
> ("locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow
> protection") and commit 564c9cc84e2a ("locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Use
> unique .text section for refcount exceptions").
>
> The code was replaced and removed in commit fb041bb7c0a9
> ("locking/refcount: Consolidate implementations of refcount_t") and no
> sections .text..refcount are present since then.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] vmlinux.lds.h: Remove a reference to no longer used sections .text..refcount
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/5fc522485598

Best regards,
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Kees Cook