linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD

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Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:40:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>
cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....EDU>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....EDU>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....EDU>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU>,
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	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
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	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Tim Abbott wrote:
>
> This has the consequence of changing the section name use for head
> code from ".text.head" to ".head.text".  Since this commit changes all
> users in the architecture, this change should be harmless.

Btw, this one really needs to unify the two lds files first. Look at 

	diff -u arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_*.lds

output and realize that they're basially exctly the same except for 
trivial naming differences, and the fact that the64-bit version hs a 
"pgtable" thing.

So this really needs to be done by first unifying the thing so that there 
is _one_ arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S file with a preprocessor 
that takes care of the trivial differences, and then after that, the 
".text.init" games should just be removed.

Notice the _removed_. 

I don't think the compressed stuff has any actual "init" code. It is just 
a blob loader that loads the compressed kernel. There should be no need 
for the init sections being special, so the vmlinux.lds.S file should just 
have a ".text*" section.

Hmm?

		Linus
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