linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 00/15] clean up page aligned data and bss sections

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:00:47 -0400
From:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....edu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/15] clean up page aligned data and bss sections

Sam,

Here's a new version of the page-aligned section cleanup patch
series.  Changes since last version include:

- added missing semicolons for ALIGN() directives in the macro
  definitions in PATCH 1/14.
- fixed a bug in the powerpc patch where the DATA_PAGE_ALIGNED was
  inside a CONFIG_PPC32 in PATCH 11/14 (which is now 2 patches)

---

This patch series add new macros for .data.page_aligned and
.bss.page_aligned, and converts the various architectures to use them.
It also eliminates the few remaining uses of .data.idt by replacing
them with references to .data.page_aligned.

This patch series is a bunch of cleanup in preparation for being able
to change the names of the .data.page_aligned and .bss.page_aligned
sections to be compatabible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections.

The x86 patches are on top of the your commit in the x86/kbuild of
linux-tip entitled:

    x86: beautify vmlinux_64.lds.S

as requested by Linus.

Tim Abbott (15):
  Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections.
  sh: Use macros for .bss.page_aligned section.
  mn10300: Use macros for .bss.page_aligned section.
  xtensa: Use macros for .bss.page_aligned section.
  x86: Use macros for .bss.page_aligned section.
  alpha: Use macros for .data.page_aligned.
  avr32: Use standard macros for .data.page_aligned section.
  sh: Use macros for .data.page_aligned section.
  s390: Use macros for .data.page_aligned.
  powerpc: Remove unused __page_aligned macro.
  powerpc: share .data output section definition between 32 and 64
    bits.
  powerpc: Use macros for .data.page_aligned section.
  mn10300: Drop unused .data.idt section.
  x86: Use section .data.page_aligned for the idt_table.
  x86: Use macros for .data.page_aligned.

 arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S             |    6 +-----
 arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S             |    3 +--
 arch/avr32/mm/init.c                        |    4 +---
 arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S           |    5 +----
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h          |    8 --------
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c                  |    2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32_wrapper.S |    3 ++-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64_wrapper.S |    3 ++-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S           |   13 ++++---------
 arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c                     |    2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/vdso32/vdso32_wrapper.S    |    3 ++-
 arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso64_wrapper.S    |    3 ++-
 arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S              |    6 +-----
 arch/sh/kernel/irq.c                        |    6 ++----
 arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S             |    5 ++---
 arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S             |    5 ++---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S                   |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S                   |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c                     |    6 ++----
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S            |    9 ++-------
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S            |    8 ++------
 arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S                   |    2 +-
 arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S            |    2 +-
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h           |    8 ++++++++
 include/linux/linkage.h                     |    9 +++++++++
 25 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)

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