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Subject: [tip: x86/boot] x86/efi: Drop alignment flags from PE section headers
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The following commit has been merged into the x86/boot branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     bfab35f552ab3dd6d017165bf9de1d1d20f198cc
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/bfab35f552ab3dd6d017165bf9de1d1d20f198cc
Author:        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:00:54 
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:18:41 +02:00

x86/efi: Drop alignment flags from PE section headers

The section header flags for alignment are documented in the PE/COFF
spec as being applicable to PE object files only, not to PE executables
such as the Linux bzImage, so let's drop them from the PE header.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230912090051.4014114-20-ardb@google.com
---
 arch/x86/boot/header.S | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index b04ca8e..8c8148d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE		| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		# Characteristics
 
 	#
 	# The EFI application loader requires a relocation section
@@ -230,8 +229,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA	| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	# Characteristics
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
 	#
@@ -249,8 +247,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA	| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE	# Characteristics
 #endif
 
 	#
@@ -271,8 +268,7 @@ section_table:
 	.word	0				# NumberOfLineNumbers
 	.long	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE		| \
 		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		| \
-		IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES		# Characteristics
+		IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE		# Characteristics
 
 	.set	section_count, (. - section_table) / 40
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_STUB */