2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index a4ee3a0e7d20..4c8b2a4a6a70 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ vdso-syms += getcpu
 vdso-syms += flush_icache
 
 # Files to link into the vdso
-obj-vdso = $(patsubst %, %.o, $(vdso-syms))
+obj-vdso = $(patsubst %, %.o, $(vdso-syms)) note.o
 
 # Build rules
 targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg vdso.lds vdso-dummy.o
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/note.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/note.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a956c942211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/note.S
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * 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/elfnote.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+ELFNOTE_START(Linux, 0, "a")
+	.long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+ELFNOTE_END