linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] m68knommu: Use more macros inside the .init section.

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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:22:54 +1000
From:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>
To:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] m68knommu: Use more macros inside the .init section.

Hi Tim,

Tim Abbott wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Greg Ungerer wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Tim Abbott wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   23 +++++------------------
>>>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
>>> b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
>>> index 153569b..f7df82a 100644
>>> --- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
>>> +++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
>>> @@ -161,25 +161,12 @@ SECTIONS {
>>>  		INIT_TEXT
>>>  		_einittext = .;
>>>  		INIT_DATA
>>> -		. = ALIGN(16);
>>> -		__setup_start = .;
>>> -		*(.init.setup)
>>> -		__setup_end = .;
>>> -		__initcall_start = .;
>>> +		INIT_SETUP(16)
>>> +		INIT_CALL
>>                 ^^^^^^^^^^
>> I take it this should be INIT_CALLS?
> 
> Oops, yes.  Also the INITCALLS on the following line should be deleted.  
> So it should look like the below patch.
> 
>> With this patch applied the kernel no longer boots. All previous
>> patches (so 1, 2 and 3) applied run fine.
> 
> Hopefully this is because we had INIT_CALLS followed by INITCALLS.  If it 
> doesn't boot using the patch below instead, then that would be surprising 
> to me.

Runs fine with this updated patch.
Trying the rest of the series now.

Regards
Greg




> m68knommu: Use more macros inside the .init section.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
> ---
>  arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   24 +++++-------------------
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 153569b..ac7e785 100644
> --- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -161,25 +161,11 @@ SECTIONS {
>  		INIT_TEXT
>  		_einittext = .;
>  		INIT_DATA
> -		. = ALIGN(16);
> -		__setup_start = .;
> -		*(.init.setup)
> -		__setup_end = .;
> -		__initcall_start = .;
> -		INITCALLS
> -		__initcall_end = .;
> -		__con_initcall_start = .;
> -		*(.con_initcall.init)
> -		__con_initcall_end = .;
> -		__security_initcall_start = .;
> -		*(.security_initcall.init)
> -		__security_initcall_end = .;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> -		. = ALIGN(4);
> -		__initramfs_start = .;
> -		*(.init.ramfs)
> -		__initramfs_end = .;
> -#endif
> +		INIT_SETUP(16)
> +		INIT_CALLS
> +		CON_INITCALL
> +		SECURITY_INITCALL
> +		INIT_RAM_FS
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  		__init_end = .;
>  	} > INIT

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