2009-09-16 16:43:47

by Tim Abbott

Subject: [PATCH v2] Linker script cleanup for avr32

This is an updated version of the patch series I sent in late July
cleaning up the avr32 architecture's linker scripts. The only change is
that it is rebased on top of Linus's current master.

This cross-architecture linker script cleanup project is in
preparation for adding support for building the kernel with
-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections, which is a prerequisite for
Ksplice.

Nelson Elhage (1):
avr32: clean up linker script using standard macros.

arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 64 +++++---------------------------------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

2009-09-16 16:41:20

by Tim Abbott

Subject: [PATCH v2] avr32: clean up linker script using standard macros.

From: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>

As a side effect, this patch changes the .init.ramfs data to be
PAGE_SIZE-aligned, instead of 32-byte aligned. Also, the init data is
moved into its own output sections rather than the .init output
section.

There should be no other changes to the resulting vmlinux as a result
of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <[email protected]>
Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <[email protected]>
---
arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 64 +++++---------------------------------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c4b5665..9cd2bd9 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -39,30 +39,10 @@ SECTIONS
__tagtable_begin = .;
*(.taglist.init)
__tagtable_end = .;
- INIT_DATA
- . = ALIGN(16);
- __setup_start = .;
- *(.init.setup)
- __setup_end = .;
- . = ALIGN(4);
- __initcall_start = .;
- INITCALLS
- __initcall_end = .;
- __con_initcall_start = .;
- *(.con_initcall.init)
- __con_initcall_end = .;
- __security_initcall_start = .;
- *(.security_initcall.init)
- __security_initcall_end = .;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- . = ALIGN(32);
- __initramfs_start = .;
- *(.init.ramfs)
- __initramfs_end = .;
-#endif
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- __init_end = .;
}
+ INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+ __init_end = .;

.text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
_evba = .;
@@ -78,34 +58,16 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = .;
} = 0xd703d703

- . = ALIGN(4);
- __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- __start___ex_table = .;
- *(__ex_table)
- __stop___ex_table = .;
- }
-
+ EXCEPTION_TABLE(4)
RODATA

- . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
-
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
_data = .;
_sdata = .;
- /*
- * First, the init task union, aligned to an 8K boundary.
- */
- *(.data.init_task)

- /* Then, the page-aligned data */
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- *(.data.page_aligned)
-
- /* Then, the cacheline aligned data */
- . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
- *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
-
- /* And the rest... */
+ INIT_TASK_DATA(THREAD_SIZE)
+ PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE);
+ CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
*(.data.rel*)
DATA_DATA
CONSTRUCTORS
@@ -113,16 +75,8 @@ SECTIONS
_edata = .;
}

-
- . = ALIGN(8);
- .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- __bss_start = .;
- *(.bss)
- *(COMMON)
- . = ALIGN(8);
- __bss_stop = .;
- _end = .;
- }
+ BSS_SECTION(0, 8, 8)
+ _end = .;

DWARF_DEBUG

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