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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-04-20 23:12:27 +0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-04-21 00:51:38 +0400
commitd4541805e812abb5110d5de83246488fa0aa9a8e (patch)
treea98f00e62825de0b1f40c9f43c7d999aadd8e2cb /arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
parent060feb650010c261fcfbae9de9348b46cedcd3cd (diff)
downloadlinux-d4541805e812abb5110d5de83246488fa0aa9a8e.tar.xz
x86, extable: Use .pushsection ... .popsection for _ASM_EXTABLE()
Instead of using .section ... .previous, use .pushsection ... .popsection; this is (hopefully) a bit more robust, especially in complex assembly code. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFyijf43qSu3N9nWHEBwaGbb7T2Oq9A=9EyR=Jtyqfq_cQ@mail.gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h20
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index 9412d6558c88..ff3f6bffcbf9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@
/* Exception table entry */
#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
-# define _ASM_EXTABLE(from,to) \
- __ASM_EX_SEC ; \
- _ASM_ALIGN ; \
- _ASM_PTR from , to ; \
- .previous
+# define _ASM_EXTABLE(from,to) \
+ .pushsection "__ex_table","a" ; \
+ _ASM_ALIGN ; \
+ _ASM_PTR from , to ; \
+ .popsection
#else
-# define _ASM_EXTABLE(from,to) \
- __ASM_EX_SEC \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR #from "," #to "\n" \
- " .previous\n"
+# define _ASM_EXTABLE(from,to) \
+ " .pushsection \"__ex_table\",\"a\"\n" \
+ _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
+ _ASM_PTR #from "," #to "\n" \
+ " .popsection\n"
#endif
#endif /* _ASM_X86_ASM_H */