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authorSrikant Patnaik2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530
committerSrikant Patnaik2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530
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+/*
+ * This supplies .note.* sections to go into the PT_NOTE inside the vDSO text.
+ * Here we can supply some information useful to userland.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(name, flags, vendor, type) \
+ .section name, flags; \
+ .balign 4; \
+ .long 1f - 0f; /* name length */ \
+ .long 3f - 2f; /* data length */ \
+ .long type; /* note type */ \
+0: .asciz vendor; /* vendor name */ \
+1: .balign 4; \
+2:
+
+#define ASM_ELF_NOTE_END \
+3: .balign 4; /* pad out section */ \
+ .previous
+
+ ASM_ELF_NOTE_BEGIN(".note.kernel-version", "a", UTS_SYSNAME, 0)
+ .long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+ ASM_ELF_NOTE_END