linux-kernel - [tip: x86/asm] percpu: Remove __per_cpu

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Message-ID: <173988070155.10177.14180175740153097816.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:11:41 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Brian Gerst" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/asm] percpu: Remove __per_cpu_load

The following commit has been merged into the x86/asm branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     4b00c1160a13d8bf7297ebf49ec07a84e1f41132
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/4b00c1160a13d8bf7297ebf49ec07a84e1f41132
Author:        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:07:46 -05:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:16:00 +01:00

percpu: Remove __per_cpu_load

__per_cpu_load is now always equal to __per_cpu_start.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250123190747.745588-15-brgerst@gmail.com
---
 include/asm-generic/sections.h    | 2 +-
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 1 -
 mm/percpu.c                       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index c768de6..0755bc3 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[];
 extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[];
 extern char __start_ro_after_init[], __end_ro_after_init[];
 extern char _end[];
-extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
+extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
 extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
 extern char __entry_text_start[], __entry_text_end[];
 extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index e25a8ae..92fc06f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
 #define PERCPU_SECTION(cacheline)					\
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
 	.data..percpu	: AT(ADDR(.data..percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		__per_cpu_load = .;					\
 		PERCPU_INPUT(cacheline)					\
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index ac61e3f..7b58353 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -3071,7 +3071,7 @@ int __init pcpu_embed_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size, size_t dyn_size,
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* copy and return the unused part */
-			memcpy(ptr, __per_cpu_load, ai->static_size);
+			memcpy(ptr, __per_cpu_start, ai->static_size);
 			pcpu_fc_free(ptr + size_sum, ai->unit_size - size_sum);
 		}
 	}
@@ -3240,7 +3240,7 @@ int __init pcpu_page_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size, pcpu_fc_cpu_to_node_fn_t 
 		flush_cache_vmap_early(unit_addr, unit_addr + ai->unit_size);
 
 		/* copy static data */
-		memcpy((void *)unit_addr, __per_cpu_load, ai->static_size);
+		memcpy((void *)unit_addr, __per_cpu_start, ai->static_size);
 	}
 
 	/* we're ready, commit */