This is an updated version of the patch series I sent in late July
cleaning up the frv 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.
-Tim Abbott
Nelson Elhage (2):
frv: remove unused .altinstructions code
frv: clean up linker script using new linker script macros.
arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 66 ++++------------------------------------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
From: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>
It appears that frv copied the .altinstructions definitions in its linker
script from x86. Since frv doesn't put anything in those sections, this
is just dead code.
Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <[email protected]>
Cc: David Howells <[email protected]>
---
arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 5 -----
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7dbf41f..cfb4181 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ SECTIONS
.con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
__con_initcall_end = .;
SECURITY_INIT
- . = ALIGN(4);
- __alt_instructions = .;
- .altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) }
- __alt_instructions_end = .;
- .altinstr_replacement : { *(.altinstr_replacement) }
PERCPU(4096)
--
1.6.3.3
From: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>
This is largely a straightforward conversion. The patch results in
fewer output sections, and some data being reordered, but should have
no functional impact.
Also, note that this patch moves some data (namely, init_task and
cacheline-aligned) inside [_sdata,_edata].
Because frv already builds using -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections,
we can't use BSS_SECTION or RW_DATA_SECTION yet, since they do not
currently include the required .bss.* and .data.* sections.
Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <[email protected]>
Cc: David Howells <[email protected]>
---
arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 61 +++++------------------------------------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cfb4181..cbe811f 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -35,45 +35,13 @@ SECTIONS
#endif
}
_einittext = .;
- .init.data : { INIT_DATA }
-
- . = ALIGN(8);
- __setup_start = .;
- .setup.init : { KEEP(*(.init.setup)) }
- __setup_end = .;
-
- __initcall_start = .;
- .initcall.init : {
- INITCALLS
- }
- __initcall_end = .;
- __con_initcall_start = .;
- .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
- __con_initcall_end = .;
- SECURITY_INIT
+ INIT_DATA_SECTION(8)
PERCPU(4096)
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
- . = ALIGN(4096);
- __initramfs_start = .;
- .init.ramfs : { *(.init.ramfs) }
- __initramfs_end = .;
-#endif
-
- . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
__init_end = .;
- /* put sections together that have massive alignment issues */
- . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
- .data.init_task : {
- /* init task record & stack */
- *(.data.init_task)
- }
-
- . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
- .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
-
.trap : {
/* trap table management - read entry-table.S before modifying */
. = ALIGN(8192);
@@ -119,13 +87,12 @@ SECTIONS
}
- . = ALIGN(8); /* Exception table */
- __start___ex_table = .;
- __ex_table : { KEEP(*(__ex_table)) }
- __stop___ex_table = .;
+ EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
_sdata = .;
.data : { /* Data */
+ INIT_TASK_DATA(THREAD_SIZE)
+ CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
DATA_DATA
*(.data.*)
EXIT_DATA
@@ -154,22 +121,8 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
__kernel_image_end = .;
- /* Stabs debugging sections. */
- .stab 0 : { *(.stab) }
- .stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }
- .stab.excl 0 : { *(.stab.excl) }
- .stab.exclstr 0 : { *(.stab.exclstr) }
- .stab.index 0 : { *(.stab.index) }
- .stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }
-
- .debug_line 0 : { *(.debug_line) }
- .debug_info 0 : { *(.debug_info) }
- .debug_abbrev 0 : { *(.debug_abbrev) }
- .debug_aranges 0 : { *(.debug_aranges) }
- .debug_frame 0 : { *(.debug_frame) }
- .debug_pubnames 0 : { *(.debug_pubnames) }
- .debug_str 0 : { *(.debug_str) }
- .debug_ranges 0 : { *(.debug_ranges) }
+ STABS_DEBUG
+ DWARF_DEBUG
.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
--
1.6.3.3
Tim Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is an updated version of the patch series I sent in late July
> cleaning up the frv 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.
Acked-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
for both patches