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Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:58:07 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/asmlinkage] asmlinkage: Make jiffies visible

Commit-ID:  40747ffa5aa8d5b99ca46c696234b9194b59e0ac
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/40747ffa5aa8d5b99ca46c696234b9194b59e0ac
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:51:59 +0100
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:12:09 -0800

asmlinkage: Make jiffies visible

Jiffies is referenced by the linker script, so it has to be visible.

Handled both the generic and the x86 version.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1391845930-28580-3-git-send-email-ak@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/time.c | 2 +-
 kernel/timer.c         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
index 24d3c91..6ec91c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <asm/time.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-DEFINE_VVAR(volatile unsigned long, jiffies) = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+__visible DEFINE_VVAR(volatile unsigned long, jiffies) = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 #endif
 
 unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index accfd24..d78de04 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/timer.h>
 
-u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+__visible u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);
 
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