linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] x86: use __page_aligned

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Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 14:45:43 +0100
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	x86@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86: use __page_aligned_data/bss

Update arch/x86's use of page-aligned variables.  The change to
arch/x86/xen/mmu.c fixes an actual bug, but the rest are cleanups
and to set a precident.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c  |    7 ++-----
 arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c |    5 +++--
 arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c     |    3 +--
 arch/x86/xen/mmu.c        |   12 +++++-------
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -83,11 +83,8 @@
 static union irq_ctx *hardirq_ctx[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
 static union irq_ctx *softirq_ctx[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
 
-static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
-		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
-
-static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
-		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
+static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
+static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 static void call_on_stack(void *func, void *stack)
 {
===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 
 struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { 256 * 16 - 1, (unsigned long) idt_table };
 
-char boot_cpu_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE] __attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
+char boot_cpu_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 unsigned long __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~0UL;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__supported_pte_mask);
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@
 } 
 
 char boot_exception_stacks[(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ]
-__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
+__page_aligned_bss;
 
 extern asmlinkage void ignore_sysret(void);
 
===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -403,8 +403,7 @@
 early_param("early_ioremap_debug", early_ioremap_debug_setup);
 
 static __initdata int after_paging_init;
-static pte_t bm_pte[PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(pte_t)]
-		__section(.bss.page_aligned);
+static pte_t bm_pte[PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(pte_t)] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 static inline pmd_t * __init early_ioremap_pmd(unsigned long addr)
 {
===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
+#include <asm/linkage.h>
 
 #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
@@ -60,21 +61,18 @@
 #define TOP_ENTRIES		(MAX_DOMAIN_PAGES / P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE)
 
 /* Placeholder for holes in the address space */
-static unsigned long p2m_missing[P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE]
-	__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned"))) =
+static unsigned long p2m_missing[P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE] __page_aligned_data =
 		{ [ 0 ... P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE-1 ] = ~0UL };
 
  /* Array of pointers to pages containing p2m entries */
-static unsigned long *p2m_top[TOP_ENTRIES]
-	__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned"))) =
+static unsigned long *p2m_top[TOP_ENTRIES] __page_aligned_data =
 		{ [ 0 ... TOP_ENTRIES - 1] = &p2m_missing[0] };
 
 /* Arrays of p2m arrays expressed in mfns used for save/restore */
-static unsigned long p2m_top_mfn[TOP_ENTRIES]
-	__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
+static unsigned long p2m_top_mfn[TOP_ENTRIES] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 static unsigned long p2m_top_mfn_list[TOP_ENTRIES / P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE]
-	__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
+	__page_aligned_bss;
 
 static inline unsigned p2m_top_index(unsigned long pfn)
 {


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