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Message-Id: <46E55C55.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:01:41 +0100
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To: "Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: misc. constifications
Miscellaneous x86 stuff that can live in .rodata.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c | 30 +++---
arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c | 4
arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S | 4
arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c | 4
arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c | 4
arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c | 4
arch/x86_64/kernel/trampoline.S | 7 +
7 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c 2007-09-07 16:44:44.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_nore
/* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t.data\nintelnops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nintelnops: "
GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char intelnops[];
-static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
+static const unsigned char *const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
intelnops,
intelnops + 1,
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP
#endif
#ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk8nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk8nops: "
K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k8nops[];
-static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
k8nops,
k8nops + 1,
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MA
#endif
#ifdef K7_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk7nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk7nops: "
K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k7nops[];
-static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
NULL,
k7nops,
k7nops + 1,
@@ -118,25 +118,25 @@ static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MA
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static inline unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
{
return k8_nops;
}
#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-static struct nop {
+static const struct nop {
int cpuid;
- unsigned char **noptable;
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable;
} noptypes[] = {
{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
{ -1, NULL }
};
-static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
{
- unsigned char **noptable = intel_nops;
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable = intel_nops;
int i;
for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static unsigned char** find_nop_table(vo
/* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
{
- unsigned char **noptable = find_nop_table();
+ const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
while (len > 0) {
unsigned int noplen = len;
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-09-07 16:44:45.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ u8 apicid_2_node[MAX_APICID];
* Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
*/
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data [];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end [];
static unsigned char *trampoline_base;
static int trampoline_exec;
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S 2007-07-09 01:32:17.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
-.data
-
/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
.section ".init.data","aw",@progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata,"a",@progbits
#endif
.code16
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c 2007-07-09 01:32:17.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ static __u32 __init
setup_trampoline(void)
{
/* these two are global symbols in trampoline.S */
- extern __u8 trampoline_end[];
- extern __u8 trampoline_data[];
+ extern const __u8 trampoline_end[];
+ extern const __u8 trampoline_data[];
memcpy((__u8 *)trampoline_base, trampoline_data,
trampoline_end - trampoline_data);
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c 2007-09-07 16:45:27.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file
* applications want to get the raw CPUID data, they should access
* /dev/cpu/<cpu_nr>/cpuid instead.
*/
- static char *x86_cap_flags[] = {
+ static const char *const x86_cap_flags[] = {
/* Intel-defined */
"fpu", "vme", "de", "pse", "tsc", "msr", "pae", "mce",
"cx8", "apic", NULL, "sep", "mtrr", "pge", "mca", "cmov",
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
};
- static char *x86_power_flags[] = {
+ static const char *const x86_power_flags[] = {
"ts", /* temperature sensor */
"fid", /* frequency id control */
"vid", /* voltage id control */
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-07-09 01:32:17.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_core_map);
* Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
*/
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data[];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end[];
/* State of each CPU */
DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state) = { 0 };
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5/arch/x86_64/kernel/trampoline.S 2007-07-09 01:32:17.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.23-rc5-x86-const/arch/x86_64/kernel/trampoline.S 2007-09-03 10:33:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
#include <asm/msr.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
-.data
+/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+.section .init.data, "aw", @progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata, "a", @progbits
+#endif
.code16
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