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In order to improve kernel text protection, we need separate .init.text/ .init.data/.text in separate sections. However, RISC-V linker relaxation code is not aware of any alignment between sections. As a result, it may relax any RISCV_CALL relocations between sections to JAL without realizing that an inter section alignment may move the address farther. That may lead to a relocation truncated fit error. However, linker relaxation code is aware of the individual section alignments. The detailed discussion on this issue can be found here. https://github.com/riscv/riscv-gnu-toolchain/issues/738 Keep the .init.text section aligned so that linker relaxation will take that as a hint while relaxing inter section calls. Here are the code size changes for each section because of this change. section change in size (in bytes) .head.text +4 .text +40 .init.text +6530 .exit.text +84 The only significant increase in size happened for .init.text because all intra relocations also use 2MB alignment. Suggested-by: Jim Wilson <jimw@sifive.com> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com> Tested-by: Greentime Hu <greentime.hu@sifive.com> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.