linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 15/28] x86/asm/purgatory: Start using annotations

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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:03:58 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 15/28] x86/asm/purgatory: Start using annotations

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 01:50:55PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Purgatory used no annotations at all. So include linux/linkage.h and
> annotate everything:
> * code by SYM_CODE_*
> * data by SYM_DATA_*
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> ---
>  arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S      | 21 ++++++++++++---------
>  arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.S | 14 ++++++++------
>  arch/x86/purgatory/stack.S        |  7 ++++---
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

...

> @@ -75,12 +76,12 @@ r13:	.quad 0x0
>  r14:	.quad 0x0
>  r15:	.quad 0x0
>  rip:	.quad 0x0
> -	.size entry64_regs, . - entry64_regs
> +SYM_DATA_END(entry64_regs)
>  
>  	/* GDT */
>  	.section ".rodata"
>  	.balign 16
> -gdt:
> +SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(gdt)
>  	/* 0x00 unusable segment

Note for the applier: Fixup that comment:

	/*
	 * 0x00 ...
	 * ...

>  	 * 0x08 unused
>  	 * so use them as gdt ptr

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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