linux-kernel - [PATCH REPOST] [1/3] Don't set up early exception handlers for external interrupts

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Date:	Tue,  4 Mar 2008 22:13:30 +0100 (CET)
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH REPOST] [1/3] Don't set up early exception handlers for external interrupts


All of early setup runs with interrupts disabled, so there is no 
need to set up early exception handlers for vectors >= 32

That saves some text size

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c  |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S |    6 ++----
 include/asm-x86/segment.h |    3 ++-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * r
 	/* Cleanup the over mapped high alias */
 	cleanup_highmap();
 
-	for (i = 0; i < IDT_ENTRIES; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS; i++) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
 		set_intr_gate(i, &early_idt_handlers[i]);
 #else
Index: linux/include/asm-x86/segment.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86/segment.h
+++ linux/include/asm-x86/segment.h
@@ -191,13 +191,14 @@
 #define SEGMENT_TI_MASK		0x4
 
 #define IDT_ENTRIES 256
+#define NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS 32
 #define GDT_SIZE (GDT_ENTRIES * 8)
 #define GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES 3
 #define TLS_SIZE (GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES * 8)
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-extern const char early_idt_handlers[IDT_ENTRIES][10];
+extern const char early_idt_handlers[NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS][10];
 #endif
 #endif
 
Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -278,10 +278,8 @@ bad_address:
 
 	.globl early_idt_handlers
 early_idt_handlers:
-	early_idt_tramp 0, 63
-	early_idt_tramp 64, 127
-	early_idt_tramp 128, 191
-	early_idt_tramp 192, 255
+	.set maxe,NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS-1
+	early_idt_tramp 0,maxe
 #endif
 
 ENTRY(early_idt_handler)
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