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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
commit20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944 (patch)
tree43da70e0b32ee423d3643ecd422821383411ab72 /arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
parent744f9f104ea262de1dc3e29265870c649f0d9473 (diff)
parente53beacd23d9cb47590da6a7a7f6d417b941a994 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc2' into upstream/xenfs
* commit 'v2.6.37-rc2': (10093 commits) Linux 2.6.37-rc2 capabilities/syslog: open code cap_syslog logic to fix build failure i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata include/linux/kernel.h: Move logging bits to include/linux/printk.h Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again) hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability hwmon: (w83795) Clear intrusion alarm immediately hwmon: (w83795) Read the intrusion state properly hwmon: (w83795) Print the actual temperature channels as sources hwmon: (w83795) List all usable temperature sources hwmon: (w83795) Expose fan control method hwmon: (w83795) Fix fan control mode attributes hwmon: (lm95241) Check validity of input values hwmon: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch PCI: sysfs: fix printk warnings GFS2: Fix inode deallocation race ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S30
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d0bb52296fa3..e03530aebfd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ SECTIONS
__x86_cpu_dev_end = .;
}
+ /*
+ * start address and size of operations which during runtime
+ * can be patched with virtualization friendly instructions or
+ * baremetal native ones. Think page table operations.
+ * Details in paravirt_types.h
+ */
. = ALIGN(8);
.parainstructions : AT(ADDR(.parainstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
__parainstructions = .;
@@ -249,6 +255,11 @@ SECTIONS
__parainstructions_end = .;
}
+ /*
+ * struct alt_inst entries. From the header (alternative.h):
+ * "Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities"
+ * Think locking instructions on spinlocks.
+ */
. = ALIGN(8);
.altinstructions : AT(ADDR(.altinstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
__alt_instructions = .;
@@ -256,11 +267,28 @@ SECTIONS
__alt_instructions_end = .;
}
+ /*
+ * And here are the replacement instructions. The linker sticks
+ * them as binary blobs. The .altinstructions has enough data to
+ * get the address and the length of them to patch the kernel safely.
+ */
.altinstr_replacement : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_replacement) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
*(.altinstr_replacement)
}
/*
+ * struct iommu_table_entry entries are injected in this section.
+ * It is an array of IOMMUs which during run time gets sorted depending
+ * on its dependency order. After rootfs_initcall is complete
+ * this section can be safely removed.
+ */
+ .iommu_table : AT(ADDR(.iommu_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ __iommu_table = .;
+ *(.iommu_table)
+ __iommu_table_end = .;
+ }
+ . = ALIGN(8);
+ /*
* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with
* references from .altinstructions and .eh_frame
*/
@@ -273,7 +301,7 @@ SECTIONS
}
#if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
- PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+ PERCPU(THREAD_SIZE)
#endif
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);