linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] ia64: use new macro for .data.read

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:04:06 -0400
From:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	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>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] ia64: use new macro for .data.read_mostly section.

As with .data.cacheline_aligned, I eliminated the separate output
section and set the alignment to SMP_CACHE_BYTES.  An ack from Tony
would be appreciated.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
---
 arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9c4cc29..e99faad 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ SECTIONS
   				 * kernel data
 				 */
 
-  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-        { *(.data.read_mostly) }
-
   /* Per-cpu data: */
   . = ALIGN(PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE);
   PERCPU_VADDR(PERCPU_ADDR, :percpu)
@@ -251,6 +248,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 		INIT_TASK_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)
+		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)
 		DATA_DATA
 		*(.data1)
 		*(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
-- 
1.6.2.1

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