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Orphan section warnings from .text.asan.module_{c,d}tor #1432

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@nathanchance

After llvm/llvm-project@7b78956, enabling at least CONFIG_KASAN results in tons of orphan section warnings:

$ make -skj"$(nproc)" LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1 distclean defconfig

$ scripts/config -e KASAN

$ make -skj"$(nproc)" LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1 olddefconfig all
...
ld.lld: warning: arch/x86/kernel/ebda.o:(.text.asan.module_ctor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_ctor'
ld.lld: warning: arch/x86/kernel/platform-quirks.o:(.text.asan.module_ctor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_ctor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(main.o):(.text.asan.module_ctor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_ctor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(main.o):(.text.asan.module_dtor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_dtor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(version.o):(.text.asan.module_ctor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_ctor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(version.o):(.text.asan.module_dtor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_dtor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(do_mounts.o):(.text.asan.module_ctor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_ctor'
ld.lld: warning: init/built-in.a(do_mounts.o):(.text.asan.module_dtor) is being placed in '.text.asan.module_dtor'
...

Should these sections be kept or should we discard them? It seems that according to the commit message, prior to this commit, they were not being kept? If we should keep them, should they just go in TEXT_TEXT within include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h?

cc @MaskRay @kees

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    Orphan sectionAn linker orphan section warning[BUG] linuxA bug that should be fixed in the mainline kernel.[BUG] llvm (main)A bug in an unreleased version of LLVM (this label is appropriate for regressions)[FIXED][LINUX] 5.14This bug was fixed in Linux 5.14

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