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2009-12-14[IA64] fix SBA IOMMU to handle allocation failure properlyFUJITA Tomonori
It's possible that SBA IOMMU might fail to find I/O space under heavy I/Os. SBA IOMMU panics on allocation failure but it shouldn't; drivers can handle the failure. The majority of other IOMMU drivers don't panic on allocation failure. This patch fixes SBA IOMMU path to handle allocation failure properly. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2009-12-14[IA64] Save I-resources to ia64_sal_os_stateTakao Indoh
This is a patch related to this discussion. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ia64/msg07605.html When INIT is sent, ip/psr/pfs register is stored to the I-resources (iip/ipsr/ifs registers), and they are copied in the min-state save area(pmsa_{iip,ipsr,ifs}). Therefore, in creating pt_regs at ia64_mca_modify_original_stack(), cr_{iip,ipsr,ifs} should be derived from pmsa_{iip,ipsr,ifs}. But current code copies pmsa_{xip,xpsr,xfs} to cr_{iip,ipsr,ifs} when PSR.ic is 0. finish_pt_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, const pal_min_state_area_t *ms, unsigned long *nat) { (snip) if (ia64_psr(regs)->ic) { regs->cr_iip = ms->pmsa_iip; regs->cr_ipsr = ms->pmsa_ipsr; regs->cr_ifs = ms->pmsa_ifs; } else { regs->cr_iip = ms->pmsa_xip; regs->cr_ipsr = ms->pmsa_xpsr; regs->cr_ifs = ms->pmsa_xfs; } It's ok when PSR.ic is not 0. But when PSR.ic is 0, this could be a problem when we investigate kernel as the value of regs->cr_iip does not point to where INIT really interrupted. At first I tried to change finish_pt_regs() so that it uses always pmsa_{iip,ipsr,ifs} for cr_{iip,ipsr,ifs}, but Keith Owens pointed out it could cause another problem if I change it. >The only problem I can think of is an MCA/INIT >arriving while code like SAVE_MIN or SAVE_REST is executing. Back >tracing at that point using pmsa_iip is going to be a problem, you have >no idea what state the registers or stack are in. I confirmed he was right, so I decided to keep it as-is and to save pmsa_{iip,ipsr,ifs} to ia64_sal_os_state for debugging. An attached patch is just adding new members into ia64_sal_os_state to save pmsa_{iip,ipsr,ifs}. Signed-off-by: Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2009-12-14nfsd: let "insecure" flag vary by pseudoflavorJ. Bruce Fields
This was an oversight; it should be among the export flags that can be allowed to vary by pseudoflavor. This allows an administrator to (for example) allow auth_sys mounts only from low ports, but allow auth_krb5 mounts to use any port. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14[IA64] preallocate IA64_IRQ_MOVE_VECTORKenji Kaneshige
Previously, we tried to use IA64_DEF_FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR (0x30) as the IA64_IRQ_MOVE_VECTOR. However, we allocate other IRQs from the device vector range, so there's no guarantee that IA64_DEF_FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR will still be available when we register IA64_IRQ_MOVE_VECTOR. This patch statically allocates 0x30 for IA64_IRQ_MOVE_VECTOR and removes it from the device vector range. Without this patch, we crash on machines like the HP rx3600 that use vector 48 (0x30) as the ACPI SCI interrupt: kernel BUG at arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c:647! swapper[0]: bugcheck! 0 [1] Modules linked in: Pid: 0, CPU 0, comm: swapper psr : 00001010084a2018 ifs : 800000000000030e ip : [<a000000100012ed0>] Not tainted (2.6.32-rc8-00184-gd5d4ec8) ip is at ia64_native_register_percpu_irq+0x110/0x1e0 Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com> Tested-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com> Tested-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2009-12-14nfsd: new interface to advertise export featuresJ. Bruce Fields
Soon we will add the new V4ROOT flag, and allow the INSECURE flag to vary by pseudoflavor. It would be useful for nfs-utils (for example, for improved exportfs error reporting) to be able to know when this happens. Use this new interface for that purpose. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-15drm/nouveau: fix ch7006 buildRandy Dunlap
The ch7006 driver could be built even when nouveau was not enabled, but the build fails in that case, so make it depend on DRM_NOUVEUA. Also make the I2c encoder/helper chips menu depend on I2C (no build error, just visual inspection). ERROR: "drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes" [drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/ch7006.ko] undefined! Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>
2009-12-14nfsd: Move private headers to source directoryBoaz Harrosh
Lots of include/linux/nfsd/* headers are only used by nfsd module. Move them to the source directory Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14vfs: nfsctl.c un-used nfsd #includesBoaz Harrosh
Only linux/nfsd/syscall.h is actually used. Remove the other nfsd #includes, so they can be moved to source directory. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14lockd: Remove un-used nfsd headers #includesBoaz Harrosh
In what history where these ever needed? Well not any more. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14s390: remove un-used nfsd #includesBoaz Harrosh
Some un-used includes removed. This patch is in an effort to cleanup nfsd headers and move private definitions to source directory. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14sparc: remove un-used nfsd #includesBoaz Harrosh
Some un-used includes removed. In an effort to cleanup nfsd headers and move private definitions to source directory. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14parsic: remove un-used nfsd #includesBoaz Harrosh
Some un-used includes removed. This patch is in an effort to cleanup nfsd headers and move private definitions to source directory. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Tested-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14compat.c: Remove dependence on nfsd private headersBoaz Harrosh
Two nfsd related headers where included but never actually used. The linux/nfsd/nfsd.h file will eventually be moved to fs/nfsd directory as it is only needed by nfsd itself. There are 3 more compat.c files in the Kernel at other ARCHs that wrongly #include nfsd headers. Once these are fixed the headers can be moved. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14nfsd: Source files #include cleanupsBoaz Harrosh
Now that the headers are fixed and carry their own wait, all fs/nfsd/ source files can include a minimal set of headers. and still compile just fine. This patch should improve the compilation speed of the nfsd module. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14nfsd: Headers Independence and include cleanupsBoaz Harrosh
* Add includes that are directly used by headers * Remove includes that are not needed These are the changes made: [xdr.h] struct nfsd_readdirres has an embedded struct readdir_cd from nfsd.h fixing that we can drop other includes [xdr4.h] embedded types defined both at state.h and nfsd.h [syscall.h] After export.h fix none of these stuff is needed. fix extra space in # include <> statement [stats.h] does not need <linux/nfs4.h> but was export to user-mode so I don't touch it [state.h] embedded types from nfsfh.h like struct knfsd_fh. bringing that eliminates the need for all other includes [nfsfh.h] directly manipulating types from sunrpc/svc.h. Removed Other unused headers. [nfsd.h] removed unused headers include [export.h] lots of sunrpc/svc.h types and a single prototype declaration with pointer from nfsfh.h, but all users of export.h do need nfsfh.h any way. remove now un-needed include. [const.h] Unfixed (not independent) [cache.h] could do with a forward declaration of "struct svc_rqst;" from sunrpc/svc.h but all users absolutely will need sunrpc/svc.h it is easier overall this way. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14nfsd: Fix independence of a few nfsd related headersBoaz Harrosh
An header should be compilation independent, .i.e pull in any header who's declarations are directly used by this header. And not let users re-include all it's dependencies all over again. [At the end of the day what's the use of a header if it does not have more then one user?] Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14sunrpc: Clean never used include filesBoaz Harrosh
Remove include of two headers never used by this file. Doing so exposed a missing #include <linux/types.h> in include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h. I did not see any other users dependency but if exist they should be fixed since these headers are totally irrelevant to here. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14nfsd: Remove unused dprintkBoaz Harrosh
This doesn't appear to be useful. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14nfsd4: fix share mode permissionsJ. Bruce Fields
NFSv4 opens may function as locks denying other NFSv4 users the rights to open a file. We're requiring a user to have write permissions before they can deny write. We're *not* requiring a user to have write permissions to deny read, which is if anything a more drastic denial. What was intended was to require write permissions for DENY_READ. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2009-12-14clockevents: Convert to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14clockevents: Make tick_device_lock staticThomas Gleixner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14debugobjects: Convert to raw_spinlocksThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14perf_event: Convert to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14hrtimers: Convert to raw_spinlocksThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14genirq: Convert irq_desc.lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14smp: Convert smplocks to raw_spinlocksThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14sched: Convert cpupri lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14sched: Convert rt_runtime_lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14sched: Convert rq->lock to raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14plist: Make plist debugging raw_spinlock awareThomas Gleixner
plists are used with spinlocks and raw_spinlocks. Change the plist debugging to handle both types. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14bkl: Fixup core_lock falloutThomas Gleixner
kernel_lock.c emits a warning because a raw spinlock function is used with a spinlock. Convert BKL to raw_spinlock. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14locking: Cleanup the name space completelyThomas Gleixner
Make the name space hierarchy of locking functions consistent: raw_spin* -> _raw_spin* -> __raw_spin* No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14locking: Further name space cleanupsThomas Gleixner
The name space hierarchy for the internal lock functions is now a bit backwards. raw_spin* functions map to _spin* which use __spin*, while we would like to have _raw_spin* and __raw_spin*. _raw_spin* is already used by lock debugging, so rename those funtions to do_raw_spin* to free up the _raw_spin* name space. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14alpha: Fix fallout from locking changesThomas Gleixner
spin_* functions are mostly static inline now. That causes the alpha compile to fail: CC arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sable.o cc1: warnings being treated as errors In file included from arch/alpha/kernel/sys_sable.c:25: arch/alpha/include/asm/core_t2.h: In function 't2_readb': arch/alpha/include/asm/core_t2.h:451: error: 'spinlock_check' is static but \ used in inline function 't2_readb' which is not static arch/alpha/include/asm/core_t2.h:456: error: 'spin_unlock_irqrestore' is \ static but used in inline function 't2_readb' which is not static That's caused by the "extern inline" magic which is used for the subarch specific read/write[bwl] functions. I tried to distangle the uncountable macro onion layers, but failed miserably. Last resort solution: switch the t2_hae_lock to raw_spinlock_t so the lock functions are pure macros and function calls again. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Implement new raw_spinlockThomas Gleixner
Now that the raw_spin name space is freed up, we can implement raw_spinlock and the related functions which are used to annotate the locks which are not converted to sleeping spinlocks in preempt-rt. A side effect is that only such locks can be used with the low level lock fsunctions which circumvent lockdep. For !rt spin_* functions are mapped to the raw_spin* implementations. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14locking: Convert raw_rwlock functions to arch_rwlockThomas Gleixner
Name space cleanup for rwlock functions. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Convert raw_rwlock to arch_rwlockThomas Gleixner
Not strictly necessary for -rt as -rt does not have non sleeping rwlocks, but it's odd to not have a consistent naming convention. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Convert __raw_spin* functions to arch_spin*Thomas Gleixner
Name space cleanup. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Rename __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED to __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKEDThomas Gleixner
Further name space cleanup. No functional change Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Convert raw_spinlock to arch_spinlockThomas Gleixner
The raw_spin* namespace was taken by lockdep for the architecture specific implementations. raw_spin_* would be the ideal name space for the spinlocks which are not converted to sleeping locks in preempt-rt. Linus suggested to convert the raw_ to arch_ locks and cleanup the name space instead of using an artifical name like core_spin, atomic_spin or whatever No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
2009-12-14locking: Separate rwlock api from spinlock apiThomas Gleixner
Move the rwlock smp api defines and functions into a separate header file. Makes the -rt selection simpler and less intrusive. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14locking: Split rwlock from spinlock headersThomas Gleixner
Move the rwlock defines and inlines into separate header files. This makes the selection for -rt easier. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-14locking: Reorder functions in spinlock.cThomas Gleixner
Separate spin_lock and rw_lock functions. Preempt-RT needs to exclude the rw_lock functions from being compiled. The reordering allows to do that with a single #ifdef. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-12-15drm/vmwgfx: Add DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPUJakob Bornecrantz
This commit adds the vmwgfx driver for the VWware Virtual GPU aka SVGA. The driver is under staging the same as Nouveau and Radeon KMS. Hopefully the 2D ioctls are bug free and don't need changing, so that part of the API should be stable. But there there is a pretty big chance that the 3D API will change in the future. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thellstrom@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2009-12-15drm/vmwgfx: Add svga headers for vmwgfx driverJakob Bornecrantz
These headers are shared between multiple place where different coding standards apply. They will be fixed up at a later time. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thellstrom@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2009-12-15drm/ttm: Add more driver type enumsJakob Bornecrantz
Signed-off-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2009-12-14Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c-core: i2c bus should support PM entries in struct dev_pm_ops i2c: Get rid of I2C_CLIENT_MODULE_PARM i2c: Drop I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD_2 to 8 i2c: Drop I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD_1 i2c: Get rid of struct i2c_client_address_data i2c: Drop the kind parameter from detect callbacks
2009-12-14x86: Regex support and known-movable symbols for relocs, fix _endH. Peter Anvin
This adds a new category of symbols to the relocs program: symbols which are known to be relative, even though the linker emits them as absolute; this is the case for symbols that live in the linker script, which currently applies to _end. Unfortunately the previous workaround of putting _end in its own empty section was defeated by newer binutils, which remove empty sections completely. This patch also changes the symbol matching to use regular expressions instead of hardcoded C for specific patterns. This is a decidedly non-minimal patch: a modified version of the relocs program is used as part of the Syslinux build, and this is basically a backport to Linux of some of those changes; they have thus been well tested. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> LKML-Reference: <4AF86211.3070103@zytor.com> Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>