Re: [PATCH] arm/link: Remove exception table sections

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,

On 18/08/2025 09:18, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> This was almost certainly copy&paste from x86.  ARM does not us these nor
> selects HAS_EX_TABLE, so drop the sections and their boundary markers.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

> ---
> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
>
> Found because I'm getting rid of .ex_table.pre on x86 too.
> ---
>   xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S | 10 ----------
>   1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
> index 9f30c3a13ed1..db17ff1efa98 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
> @@ -86,16 +86,6 @@ SECTIONS
>     } : text
>   
>     .data.read_mostly : {
> -       /* Exception table */
> -       __start___ex_table = .;
> -       *(.ex_table)
> -       __stop___ex_table = .;
> -
> -       /* Pre-exception table */
> -       __start___pre_ex_table = .;
> -       *(.ex_table.pre)
> -       __stop___pre_ex_table = .;
> -
>          *(.data.read_mostly)
>     } :text
>   
--
Julien Grall