Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758055AbZFXACS (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753308AbZFXACK (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:10 -0400 Received: from BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU ([18.7.7.80]:43697 "EHLO biscayne-one-station.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751642AbZFXACJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:02:09 -0400 From: Tim Abbott To: Linux kernel mailing list Cc: Sam Ravnborg , devel@ksplice.com, Denys Vlasenko , Tim Abbott Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add new __init_task_data macro to be used in arch init_task.c files. Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:36 -0400 Message-Id: <1245801576-13374-2-git-send-email-tabbott@ksplice.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1245801452-13222-1-git-send-email-tabbott@ksplice.com> References: <1245801452-13222-1-git-send-email-tabbott@ksplice.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1257 Lines: 36 This patch is preparation for replacing most ".data.init_task" in the kernel with macros, so that the section name can later be changed without having to touch a lot of the kernel. The long-term goal here is to be able to change the kernel's magic section names to those that are compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections. This requires renaming all magic sections with names of the form ".data.foo". Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott Cc: Sam Ravnborg --- include/linux/init_task.h | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index 5368fbd..7fc01b1 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -183,5 +183,8 @@ extern struct cred init_cred; LIST_HEAD_INIT(cpu_timers[2]), \ } +/* Attach to the init_task data structure for proper alignment */ +#define __init_task_data __attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) + #endif -- 1.6.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/