[RFT PATCH v2 23/23] x86/boot: Get rid of the .head.text section

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Sun May 04 2025 - 05:58:45 EST


From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

The .head.text section is now empty, so it can be dropped from the
linker script.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4aaa1693b262..af8bc4a6f6c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ SECTIONS

} :text = 0xcccccccc

- /* bootstrapping code */
- .head.text : AT(ADDR(.head.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- HEAD_TEXT
- } :text = 0xcccccccc
-
/* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
_etext = .;
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
--
2.49.0.906.g1f30a19c02-goog