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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index ca2252ca6ad7..147cd020516a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -387,6 +387,31 @@ SECTIONS . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); /* keep VO_INIT_SIZE page aligned */ _end = .; +#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT + /* + * Early scratch/workarea section: Lives outside of the kernel proper + * (_text - _end). + * + * Resides after _end because even though the .brk section is after + * __end_of_kernel_reserve, the .brk section is later reserved as a + * part of the kernel. Since it is located after __end_of_kernel_reserve + * it will be discarded and become part of the available memory. As + * such, it can only be used by very early boot code and must not be + * needed afterwards. + * + * Currently used by SME for performing in-place encryption of the + * kernel during boot. Resides on a 2MB boundary to simplify the + * pagetable setup used for SME in-place encryption. + */ + . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE); + .init.scratch : AT(ADDR(.init.scratch) - LOAD_OFFSET) { + __init_scratch_begin = .; + *(.init.scratch) + . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE); + __init_scratch_end = .; + } +#endif + STABS_DEBUG DWARF_DEBUG |