linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 01/11] Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:36:16 -0400
From:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/11] Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA_SECTION.

The old RW_DATA_SECTION had INIT_TASK_DATA (which was
more-than-PAGE_SIZE-aligned), followed by a bunch of small alignment
stuff, followed by more PAGE_SIZE-aligned stuff, so you wasted memory
in the middle of .data re-aligning back up to PAGE_SIZE.

This patch sorts the sections by alignment requirements, which should
pack them essentially optimally.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
---
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 29ca8f5..b6e818f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -721,12 +721,12 @@
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
 	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
 		INIT_TASK_DATA(inittask)				\
+		NOSAVE_DATA						\
+		PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(pagealigned)				\
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(cacheline)			\
 		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(cacheline)				\
 		DATA_DATA						\
 		CONSTRUCTORS						\
-		NOSAVE_DATA						\
-		PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(pagealigned)				\
 	}
 
 #define INIT_TEXT_SECTION(inittext_align)				\
-- 
1.6.3.3

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