linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: update vmlinux.lds.S to place .data section on a page boundary

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Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:12:49 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, davej@...hat.com,
	nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: [PATCH] x86: update vmlinux.lds.S to place .data section on a page boundary

Patch to update vmlinux linker script so that .data section is on a page
boundary.  without this change the kernel's .data section is on a non-4k
boundary, and this prevents kexec from loading a new kernel.  Tested
successfully by me.

Thanks & Regards
Neil

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>


 vmlinux.lds.S |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)


diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1e7ac1c..43ed5be 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
   }
   __tracedata_end = .;
 
+  . = ALIGN(4096);
   /* writeable */
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	/* Data */
 	*(.data)
-- 
/***************************************************
 *Neil Horman
 *Software Engineer
 *gpg keyid: 1024D / 0x92A74FA1 - http://pgp.mit.edu
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