linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] percpu: Refactor percpu.h

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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:52:22 -0500
From:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] percpu: Refactor percpu.h

Refactor the DEFINE_PER_CPU_* macros and add .data.percpu.first
section.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |    1 +
 include/linux/percpu.h            |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index aa6b9b1..32bbf50 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@
  */
 #define PERCPU_VADDR(vaddr, phdr)					\
 	PERCPU_PROLOG(vaddr)						\
+		*(.data.percpu.first)					\
 		*(.data.percpu.page_aligned)				\
 		*(.data.percpu)						\
 		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)				\
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index 9f2a375..0e24202 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -9,34 +9,39 @@
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu")))			\
-	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
+#define PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION ".data.percpu"
 
 #ifdef MODULE
-#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".data.percpu"
+#define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
 #else
-#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".data.percpu.shared_aligned"
+#define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
 #endif
+#define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ".first"
 
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
-	__attribute__((__section__(SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION)))		\
-	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name		\
-	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
+#else
+
+#define PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION ".data"
+#define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
+#define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ""
+
+#endif
 
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu.page_aligned")))	\
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, section)			\
+	__attribute__((__section__(PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION section)))	\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
-#else
+
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
-	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")
 
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
-	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
+	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
 
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
-	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
-#endif
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)				\
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, ".page_aligned")
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(type, name)				\
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION)
 
 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)
 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(per_cpu__##var)
-- 
1.6.1.rc1

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