[PATCH 0/4] module: force sh_addr=0 for arch-specific sections

[Petr Pavlu]

When linking modules with 'ld.bfd -r', sections defined without an address
inherit the location counter, resulting in non-zero sh_addr values in the
resulting .ko files. Relocatable objects are expected to have sh_addr=0 for
all sections. Non-zero addresses are confusing in this context, typically
worse compressible, and may cause tools to misbehave [1].

Joe Lawrence previously addressed the same issue in the main
scripts/module.lds.S file [2] and we discussed that the same fix should be
also applied to architecture-specific module sections. This series
implements these changes.

The series can later be merged through the modules tree, or individual
patches can be applied through the architecture-specific trees.

[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33958
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-modules/20260305015237.299727-1-joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx/

Petr Pavlu (4):
  module, arm: force sh_addr=0 for arch-specific sections
  module, arm64: force sh_addr=0 for arch-specific sections
  module, m68k: force sh_addr=0 for arch-specific sections
  module, riscv: force sh_addr=0 for arch-specific sections

 arch/arm/include/asm/module.lds.h   | 4 ++--
 arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h | 4 ++--
 arch/m68k/include/asm/module.lds.h  | 2 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/module.lds.h | 6 +++---
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)


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