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2007-07-19define new percpu interface for shared dataFenghua Yu
per cpu data section contains two types of data. One set which is exclusively accessed by the local cpu and the other set which is per cpu, but also shared by remote cpus. In the current kernel, these two sets are not clearely separated out. This can potentially cause the same data cacheline shared between the two sets of data, which will result in unnecessary bouncing of the cacheline between cpus. One way to fix the problem is to cacheline align the remotely accessed per cpu data, both at the beginning and at the end. Because of the padding at both ends, this will likely cause some memory wastage and also the interface to achieve this is not clean. This patch: Moves the remotely accessed per cpu data (which is currently marked as ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp) into a different section, where all the data elements are cacheline aligned. And as such, this differentiates the local only data and remotely accessed data cleanly. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-19all-archs: consolidate .data section definition in asm-genericSam Ravnborg
With this consolidation we can now modify the .data section definition in one spot for all archs. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-05-19all-archs: consolidate .text section definition in asm-genericSam Ravnborg
Move definition of .text section to asm-generic. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-05-08[ARM] Ensure head text is always placed at the start of kernelRussell King
Commit 86c0baf123e474b6eb404798926ecf62b426bf3a highlighted that we may end up with the head text placed elsewhere in the kernel image. Introduce a new .text.head section to contain the initial kernel startup code, and always place this section at the beginning of the kernel image. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-05-08[ARM] Shut up warning about init_thread_unionRussell King
Fix false warning: WARNING: arch/arm/kernel/init_task.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.task:init_thread_union from .data between 'init_task' (at offset 0x4) and 'init_sighand' caused by the section name starting with ".init". Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-05-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (82 commits) [ARM] Add comments marking in-use ptrace numbers [ARM] Move syscall saving out of the way of utrace [ARM] 4360/1: S3C24XX: regs-udc.h remove unused macro [ARM] 4358/1: S3C24XX: mach-qt2410.c: remove linux/mmc/protocol.h header [ARM] mm 10: allow memory type to be specified with ioremap [ARM] mm 9: add additional device memory types [ARM] mm 8: define mem_types table L1 bit 4 to be for ARMv6 [ARM] iop: add missing parens in macro [ARM] mm 7: remove duplicated __ioremap() prototypes ARM: OMAP: fix OMAP1 mpuio suspend/resume oops ARM: OMAP: MPUIO wake updates ARM: OMAP: speed up gpio irq handling ARM: OMAP: plat-omap changes for 2430 SDP ARM: OMAP: gpio object shrinkage, cleanup ARM: OMAP: /sys/kernel/debug/omap_gpio ARM: OMAP: Implement workaround for GPIO wakeup bug in OMAP2420 silicon ARM: OMAP: Enable 24xx GPIO autoidling [ARM] 4318/2: DSM-G600 Board Support [ARM] 4227/1: minor head.S fixups [ARM] 4328/1: Move i.MX UART regs to driver ...
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86: Allow percpu variables to be page-alignedJeremy Fitzhardinge
Let's allow page-alignment in general for per-cpu data (wanted by Xen, and Ingo suggested KVM as well). Because larger alignments can use more room, we increase the max per-cpu memory to 64k rather than 32k: it's getting a little tight. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-21[ARM] Add ability to dump exception stacks to kernel backtracesRussell King
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-02-25[ARM] 4224/2: allow XIP kernel to boot againNicolas Pitre
Since commit 2552fc27ff79b10b9678d92bcaef21df38bb7bb6 XIP kernels failed to boot because (_end - PAGE_OFFSET - 1) is much smaller than the size of the kernel text and data in the XIP case, causing the kernel not to be entirely mapped. Even in the non-XIP case, the use of (_end - PAGE_OFFSET - 1) is wrong because it produces a too large value if TEXT_OFFSET is larger than 1MB. Finally the original code was performing one loop too many. Let's break the loop when the section pointer has passed the last byte of the kernel instead. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-02-11[PATCH] disable init/initramfs.c: architecturesJean-Paul Saman
Update all arch/*/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S to not include space for initramfs when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRAMFS is not selected. This saves another 4 kbytes on most platfoms (some reserve PAGE_SIZE for initramfs). Signed-off-by: Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@nxp.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-10-27[PATCH] vmlinux.lds: consolidate initcall sectionsAndrew Morton
Add a vmlinux.lds.h helper macro for defining the eight-level initcall table, teach all the architectures to use it. This is a prerequisite for a patch which performs initcall synchronisation for multithreaded-probing. Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> [ Added AVR32 as well ] Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-30Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel
Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-28[ARM] nommu: uaccess tweaksRussell King
MMUless systems have only one address space for all threads, so both the usual access_ok() checks, and the exception handling do not make much sense. Hence, discard the fixup and exception tables at link time, use memcpy/memset for the user copy/clearing functions, and define the permission check macros to be constants. Some of this patch was derived from the equivalent patch by Hyok S. Choi. Signed-off-by: Hyok S. Choi <hyok.choi@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-01-03[ARM] Make kernel link address depend on PAGE_OFFSETRussell King
We are coding the kernel link address into the makefiles, which is invisibly dependent on PAGE_OFFSET. If PAGE_OFFSET is changed, the makefiles also need to be changed. Make adjustments such that the makefiles encode just the offset from PAGE_OFFSET for the kernel link address, and use PAGE_OFFSET in the linker scripts directly. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-11-17[ARM] Improve comment about ASSERT()s in vmlinux.lds.SRussell King
Provide folk with an idea what to do if the ASSERT statements fail with their linker. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-10-29[ARM] 3061/1: cleanup the XIP link address messNicolas Pitre
Patch from Nicolas Pitre Since vmlinux.lds.S is preprocessed, we can use the defines already present in asm/memory.h (allowed by patch #3060) for the XIP kernel link address instead of relying on a duplicated Makefile hardcoded value, and also get rid of its dependency on awk to handle it at the same time. While at it let's clean XIP stuff even further and make things clearer in head.S with a nice code reduction. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-10-13[ARM] 3008/1: the exception table is not read-onlyNicolas Pitre
Patch from Nicolas Pitre ... and therefore should not live in the .text section. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-09-20[ARM] 2927/1: .arch.info - postfix section with .init for `make buildcheck`Ben Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks The `make buildcheck` is erroneously reporting that the .arch.info list is referencing items in the .init section as it is not itself postfixed with .init Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-09-20[ARM] 2926/1: .proc.info - postfix section with .init for `make buildcheck`Ben Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks The `make buildcheck` is erroneously reporting that the .proc.info list is referencing items in the .init section as it is not itself postfixed with .init Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-09-20[ARM] 2925/3: earlyparam - postfix section with .init for `make buildcheck`Ben Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks The `make buildcheck` is erroneously reporting that the earlyparam list is referencing items in the .init section as it is not itself postfixed with .init Also, as per rmk's suggestion, rename the __early_param to .early_param to bring it into line with everything else Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-09-20[ARM] 2924/3: taglist - postfix section with .init for `make buildcheck`Ben Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks The `make buildcheck` is erroneously reporting that the taglist is referencing items in the .init section as it is not itself postfixed with .init Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-05-05[PATCH] ARM: Fix kernel stack offset calculationsRussell King
Various places in the ARM kernel implicitly assumed that kernel stacks are always 8K due to hard coded constants. Replace these constants with definitions. Correct the allowable range of kernel stack pointer values within the allocation. Arrange for the entire kernel stack to be zeroed, not just the upper 4K if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is set. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!