[PATCH 00/13] Linker script cleanup patches for various architectures

[PATCH 00/13] Linker script cleanup patches for various architectures

[Tim Abbott]

Hi Linus,

This patch series contains patches cleaning up the linker scripts on
several architectures architectures (as well as one improvement to the
architecture-independent macros).  Everything here has been acked or
reviewed by Sam Ravnborg.  Please merge.

This cross-architecture linker script cleanup project is in
preparation for adding support for building the kernel with
-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections, which is a prerequisite for
Ksplice.

	-Tim Abbott

Tim Abbott (13):
  Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA_SECTION.
  m32r: make PAGE_SIZE available to assembly.
  m32r: Define THREAD_SIZE only once.
  m32r: Move GET_THREAD_INFO definition out of asm/thread_info.h.
  m32r: Remove unused .altinstructions and .exit.* code from linker
    script.
  m32r: Move the spi_stack_top and spu_stack_top into .init.data
    section.
  m32r: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.
  parisc: Clean up linker script using new linker script macros.
  parisc: Remove useless altinstructions code copied from x86.
  xtensa: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.
  um: Clean up linker script using standard macros.
  h8300: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.
  mn10300: Clean up linker script using higher-level macros.

 arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S     |   25 ++------
 arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h        |    4 +-
 arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h   |    2 -
 arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h |   15 +----
 arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S            |    7 ++
 arch/m32r/kernel/head.S             |    4 +-
 arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      |   78 +++-----------------------
 arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S   |   40 +------------
 arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |  104 +---------------------------------
 arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S    |   29 ++--------
 arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S            |    9 +--
 arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S            |   26 ++-------
 arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |   75 +++++--------------------
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h   |    4 +-
 14 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 354 deletions(-)

[PATCH 01/13] Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA_SECTION.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.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

[PATCH 02/13] m32r: make PAGE_SIZE available to assembly.

[Tim Abbott]

page.h includes ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ guards, but PAGE_SIZE is defined
using "1UL", which the assembler does not support. Use the _AC macro
from const.h to make it available to assembly (and linker scripts).

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h
index 11777f7..725ede8 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/page.h
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_M32R_PAGE_H
 #define _ASM_M32R_PAGE_H
 
+#include <linux/const.h>
+
 /* PAGE_SHIFT determines the page size */
 #define PAGE_SHIFT	12
-#define PAGE_SIZE	(1UL << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define PAGE_SIZE	(_AC(1, UL) << PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define PAGE_MASK	(~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 03/13] m32r: Define THREAD_SIZE only once.

[Tim Abbott]

Previously, m32r's asm/thread_info.h defined THREAD_SIZE differently
for assembly and C code; now that PAGE_SIZE is usable from assembly,
these can be combined.  Also, m32r's asm/processor.h redefines
THREAD_SIZE to the same value; remove this redundant definition.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h   |    2 --
 arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h |    6 ++----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
index 1a997fc..8397c24 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_EIP(tsk)  ((tsk)->thread.lr)
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)  ((tsk)->thread.sp)
 
-#define THREAD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE)
-
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
 
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 7157815..4d66169 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 
 #define PREEMPT_ACTIVE		0x10000000
 
+#define THREAD_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE << 1)
+
 /*
  * macros/functions for gaining access to the thread information structure
  */
@@ -76,8 +78,6 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_thread_info	(init_thread_union.thread_info)
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
-#define THREAD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE)
-
 /* how to get the thread information struct from C */
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 {
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_thread_fault_code(void)
 
 #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#define THREAD_SIZE	8192
-
 /* how to get the thread information struct from ASM */
 #define GET_THREAD_INFO(reg)	GET_THREAD_INFO reg
 	.macro GET_THREAD_INFO reg
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 04/13] m32r: Move GET_THREAD_INFO definition out of asm/thread_info.h.

[Tim Abbott]

Previously, asm/thread_info.h was not usable from linker scripts
because it contains a piece of .macro code.  Since that code was only
used in the m32r entry.S, the right fix is probably to move the macro
there.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h |    9 ---------
 arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S            |    7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 4d66169..ed240b6 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -125,15 +125,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_thread_fault_code(void)
 	return ti->flags >> TI_FLAG_FAULT_CODE_SHIFT;
 }
 
-#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
-
-/* how to get the thread information struct from ASM */
-#define GET_THREAD_INFO(reg)	GET_THREAD_INFO reg
-	.macro GET_THREAD_INFO reg
-	ldi	\reg, #-THREAD_SIZE
-	and	\reg, sp
-	.endm
-
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S
index 612d35b..4038698 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/entry.S
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@
 #define resume_kernel		restore_all
 #endif
 
+/* how to get the thread information struct from ASM */
+#define GET_THREAD_INFO(reg)	GET_THREAD_INFO reg
+	.macro GET_THREAD_INFO reg
+	ldi	\reg, #-THREAD_SIZE
+	and	\reg, sp
+	.endm
+
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 	pop	r0
 	bl	schedule_tail
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 05/13] m32r: Remove unused .altinstructions and .exit.* code from linker script.

[Tim Abbott]

It appears that m32r copied the .altinstructions definition from x86
when the architecture was first merged into Linux.  m32r doesn't put
anything in .altinstructions, so this is just dead code.

The following block affecting .exit.text/.exit.data, which has a
comment also copied from x86, should also be deleted; the linker
script later discards the .exit.text and .exit.data sections.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |    9 ---------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index de5e21c..a8aa4a8 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
   __con_initcall_end = .;
   SECURITY_INIT
-  . = ALIGN(4);
-  __alt_instructions = .;
-  .altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) }
-  __alt_instructions_end = .;
-  .altinstr_replacement : { *(.altinstr_replacement) }
-  /* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
-     from .altinstructions and .eh_frame */
-  .exit.text : { EXIT_TEXT }
-  .exit.data : { EXIT_DATA }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
   . = ALIGN(4096);
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 06/13] m32r: Move the spi_stack_top and spu_stack_top into .init.data section.

[Tim Abbott]

Since these get squashed into the .data output section by the m32r
linker script, it seems likely that they don't need their own input
sections.

At Hirokazu Takata's suggestion, we place these structures in
.init.data rather than just placing them in .data (since they are only
used at init time).

This patch is preparation for cleaning up the m32r architecture to use
the new macros in vmlinux.lds.h; if these sections are indeed not
needed, then we can use the RW_DATA_SECTION macro for m32r and save a
bunch of redundant code.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/kernel/head.S        |    4 ++--
 arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |    2 --
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
index 0a71944..a46652d 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Stack area
  */
-	.section .spi
+	.section .init.data, "aw"
 	ALIGN
 	.global spi_stack_top
 	.zero	1024
 spi_stack_top:
 
-	.section .spu
+	.section .init.data, "aw"
 	ALIGN
 	.global spu_stack_top
 	.zero	1024
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a8aa4a8..aadb24e 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* writeable */
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.spu)
-	*(.spi)
 	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 07/13] m32r: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.

[Tim Abbott]

This patch is largely a straightforward conversion.  One thing to note
is that the new macros use fewer separate output sections than the old
code; this should have no functional impact but is relevant for people
objdumping vmlinux files.

Also note that it moves the .data.init_task output sections inside
_edata.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   67 +++++----------------------------------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aadb24e..8ceb618 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/addrspace.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m32r)
 #if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
@@ -40,72 +41,22 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
-  __start___ex_table = .;
-  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
-  __stop___ex_table = .;
-
+  EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
   RODATA
-
-  /* writeable */
-  .data : {			/* Data */
-	DATA_DATA
-	CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
-
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __nosave_begin = .;
-  .data_nosave : { *(.data.nosave) }
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __nosave_end = .;
-
-  . = ALIGN(32);
-  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
-
+  RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
 
-  . = ALIGN(8192);		/* init_task */
-  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
-
   /* will be freed after init */
-  . = ALIGN(4096);		/* Init code and data */
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);		/* Init code and data */
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
-  .init.data : { INIT_DATA }
-  . = ALIGN(16);
-  __setup_start = .;
-  .init.setup : { *(.init.setup) }
-  __setup_end = .;
-  __initcall_start = .;
-  .initcall.init : {
-	INITCALLS
-  }
-  __initcall_end = .;
-  __con_initcall_start = .;
-  .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
-  __con_initcall_end = .;
-  SECURITY_INIT
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __initramfs_start = .;
-  .init.ramfs : { *(.init.ramfs) }
-  __initramfs_end = .;
-#endif
-
-  PERCPU(4096)
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+  INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
+  PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_end = .;
   /* freed after init ends here */
 
-  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
-  .bss : { *(.bss) }
-  . = ALIGN(4);
-  __bss_stop = .;
+  BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 4)
 
   _end = . ;
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 08/13] parisc: Clean up linker script using new linker script macros.

[Tim Abbott]

This patch has the (likely harmless) side effect of moving
.data.init_task inside the _edata.

It also changes the alignment of .data.init_task from 16384 to
THREAD_SIZE, which can in some configurations be larger than 16384.  I
believe that this change fixes a potential bug on those
configurations.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   79 ++------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aea1784..3fd66d9 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -77,13 +77,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	data_start = .;
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	/* Exception table */
-	__ex_table : {
-		__start___ex_table = .;
-		*(__ex_table)
-		__stop___ex_table = .;
-	}
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	NOTES
 
@@ -94,23 +88,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___unwind = .;
 	}
 
-	/* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.data.read_mostly : {
-		*(.data.read_mostly)
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 	/* Data */
-	.data : {
-		DATA_DATA
-		CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
-	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
-		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
-	}
+	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	/* PA-RISC locks requires 16-byte alignment */
 	. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -118,17 +97,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.lock_aligned)
 	}
 
-	/* nosave data is really only used for software suspend...it's here
-	 * just in case we ever implement it
-	 */
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__nosave_begin = .;
-	.data_nosave : {
-		*(.data.nosave)
-	}
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__nosave_end = .;
-
 	/* End of data section */
 	_edata = .;
 
@@ -147,14 +115,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	__bss_stop = .;
 
-
-	/* assembler code expects init_task to be 16k aligned */
-	. = ALIGN(16384);
-	/* init_task */
-	.data.init_task : {
-		*(.data.init_task)
-	}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	/* Linkage tables */
@@ -172,31 +132,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* reserve space for interrupt stack by aligning __init* to 16k */
 	. = ALIGN(16384);
 	__init_begin = .;
-	.init.text : { 
-		_sinittext = .;
-		INIT_TEXT
-		_einittext = .;
-	}
-	.init.data : {
-		INIT_DATA
-	}
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.init.setup : {
-		__setup_start = .;
-		*(.init.setup)
-		__setup_end = .;
-	}
-	.initcall.init : {
-		__initcall_start = .;
-		INITCALLS
-		__initcall_end = .;
-	}
-	.con_initcall.init : {
-		__con_initcall_start = .;
-		*(.con_initcall.init)
-		__con_initcall_end = .;
-	}
-	SECURITY_INIT
+	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(16384)
+	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
 	/* alternate instruction replacement.  This is a mechanism x86 uses
 	 * to detect the CPU type and replace generic instruction sequences
@@ -222,14 +159,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.exit.data : {
 		EXIT_DATA
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.ramfs : {
-		__initramfs_start = .;
-		*(.init.ramfs)
-		__initramfs_end = .;
-	}
-#endif
 
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 09/13] parisc: Remove useless altinstructions code copied from x86.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   25 -------------------------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3fd66d9..775be27 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -135,31 +135,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(16384)
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
-	/* alternate instruction replacement.  This is a mechanism x86 uses
-	 * to detect the CPU type and replace generic instruction sequences
-	 * with CPU specific ones.  We don't currently do this in PA, but
-	 * it seems like a good idea...
-	 */
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.altinstructions : {
-		__alt_instructions = .;
-		*(.altinstructions)
-		__alt_instructions_end = .; 
-	} 
-	.altinstr_replacement : {
-		*(.altinstr_replacement)
-	} 
-
-	/* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
-	 *  from .altinstructions and .eh_frame
-	 */
-	.exit.text : {
-		EXIT_TEXT
-	}
-	.exit.data : {
-		EXIT_DATA
-	}

[PATCH 09/13] parisc: Remove useless altinstructions code copied from x86.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   25 -------------------------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3fd66d9..775be27 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -135,31 +135,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(16384)
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
-	/* alternate instruction replacement.  This is a mechanism x86 uses
-	 * to detect the CPU type and replace generic instruction sequences
-	 * with CPU specific ones.  We don't currently do this in PA, but
-	 * it seems like a good idea...
-	 */
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.altinstructions : {
-		__alt_instructions = .;
-		*(.altinstructions)
-		__alt_instructions_end = .; 
-	} 
-	.altinstr_replacement : {
-		*(.altinstr_replacement)
-	} 
-
-	/* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
-	 *  from .altinstructions and .eh_frame
-	 */
-	.exit.text : {
-		EXIT_TEXT
-	}
-	.exit.data : {
-		EXIT_DATA
-	}
-
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_end = .;
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 10/13] xtensa: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   75 +++++++-------------------------------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 921b6ff..9b52615 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
 #include <variant/core.h>
 #include <platform/hardware.h>
@@ -107,41 +109,18 @@ SECTIONS
 
   .fixup   : { *(.fixup) }
 
-  . = ALIGN(16);
-
-  __ex_table : {
-    __start___ex_table = .;
-    *(__ex_table)
-    __stop___ex_table = .;
-  }
-
+  EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
   /* Data section */
 
-  . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
   _fdata = .;
-  .data :
-  {
-    DATA_DATA
-    CONSTRUCTORS
-    . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
-    *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
-  }
-
+  RW_DATA_SECTION(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
   _edata = .;
 
-  /* The initial task */
-  . = ALIGN(8192);
-  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
-
   /* Initialization code and data: */
 
-  . = ALIGN(1 << 12);
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-  	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 
   .init.data :
   {
@@ -168,36 +147,15 @@ SECTIONS
 		   .DebugInterruptVector.text);
   
     __boot_reloc_table_end = ABSOLUTE(.) ;
-  }
 
-  . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
-
-  __setup_start = .;
-  .init.setup : { *(.init.setup) }
-  __setup_end = .;
-
-  __initcall_start = .;
-  .initcall.init : {
-	INITCALLS
+    INIT_SETUP(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE)
+    INIT_CALLS
+    CON_INITCALL
+    SECURITY_INITCALL
+    INIT_RAM_FS
   }
-  __initcall_end = .;
-
-  __con_initcall_start = .;
-  .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
-  __con_initcall_end = .;
-
-  SECURITY_INIT
-
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __initramfs_start =.;
-  .init.ramfs : { *(.init.ramfs) }
-  __initramfs_end = .;
-#endif
-
-  PERCPU(4096)
 
+  PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 
   /* We need this dummy segment here */
 
@@ -252,16 +210,11 @@ SECTIONS
 		  .DoubleExceptionVector.literal)
 
   . = (LOADADDR( .DoubleExceptionVector.text ) + SIZEOF( .DoubleExceptionVector.text ) + 3) & ~ 3;
-  . = ALIGN(1 << 12);
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
   __init_end = .;
 
-  . = ALIGN(8192);
-
-  /* BSS section */
-  _bss_start = .;
-  .bss : { *(.bss.page_aligned) *(.bss) }
-  _bss_end = .;
+  BSS_SECTION(0, 8192, 0)
 
   _end = .;
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 11/13] um: Clean up linker script using standard macros.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S |   29 ++++++-----------------------
 arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S         |    9 ++-------
 arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S         |   26 ++++++--------------------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 37ecc55..ac55b9e 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .note : { *(.note.*) }
-  __ex_table : {
-	__start___ex_table = .;
-	*(__ex_table)
-	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  }
+  EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
   BUG_TABLE
 
@@ -43,28 +39,17 @@
   }
 	
   .init.setup : {
-	__setup_start = .;
-	*(.init.setup)
-	__setup_end = .;
+	INIT_SETUP(0)
   }
 
-  . = ALIGN(32);
-  .data.percpu : {
-	__per_cpu_start = . ;
-	*(.data.percpu)
-	__per_cpu_end = . ;
-  }
+  PERCPU(32)
 	
   .initcall.init : {
-	__initcall_start = .;
-	INITCALLS
-	__initcall_end = .;
+	INIT_CALLS
   }
 
   .con_initcall.init : {
-	__con_initcall_start = .;
-	*(.con_initcall.init)
-	__con_initcall_end = .;
+	CON_INITCALL
   }
 
   .uml.initcall.init : {
@@ -118,8 +103,6 @@
 
    . = ALIGN(4096);
   .init.ramfs : {
-	__initramfs_start = .;
-	*(.init.ramfs)
-	__initramfs_end = .;
+	INIT_RAM_FS
   }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 715a188..7fcad58 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;
   _stext = .;
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -96,8 +92,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .init_array     : { *(.init_array) }
   .fini_array     : { *(.fini_array) }
   .data           : {
-    . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
-    *(.data.init_task)
+    INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 2ebd397..e7a6cca 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;
   _stext = .;
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
   .text      :
@@ -52,8 +48,7 @@ SECTIONS
   init.data : { INIT_DATA }
   .data    :
   {
-    . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
-    *(.data.init_task)
+    INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
@@ -81,19 +76,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-  .sbss      :
-  {
-   __bss_start = .;
-   PROVIDE(_bss_start = .);
-   *(.sbss)
-   *(.scommon)
-  }
-  .bss       :
-  {
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
-   *(COMMON)
-  }
+  __bss_start = .;
+  PROVIDE(_bss_start = .);
+  SBSS(0)
+  BSS(0)
   _end = .;
   PROVIDE (end = .);
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

[uml-devel] [PATCH 11/13] um: Clean up linker script using standard macros.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S |   29 ++++++-----------------------
 arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S         |    9 ++-------
 arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S         |   26 ++++++--------------------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 37ecc55..ac55b9e 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .note : { *(.note.*) }
-  __ex_table : {
-	__start___ex_table = .;
-	*(__ex_table)
-	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  }
+  EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
   BUG_TABLE
 
@@ -43,28 +39,17 @@
   }
 	
   .init.setup : {
-	__setup_start = .;
-	*(.init.setup)
-	__setup_end = .;
+	INIT_SETUP(0)
   }
 
-  . = ALIGN(32);
-  .data.percpu : {
-	__per_cpu_start = . ;
-	*(.data.percpu)
-	__per_cpu_end = . ;
-  }
+  PERCPU(32)
 	
   .initcall.init : {
-	__initcall_start = .;
-	INITCALLS
-	__initcall_end = .;
+	INIT_CALLS
   }
 
   .con_initcall.init : {
-	__con_initcall_start = .;
-	*(.con_initcall.init)
-	__con_initcall_end = .;
+	CON_INITCALL
   }
 
   .uml.initcall.init : {
@@ -118,8 +103,6 @@
 
    . = ALIGN(4096);
   .init.ramfs : {
-	__initramfs_start = .;
-	*(.init.ramfs)
-	__initramfs_end = .;
+	INIT_RAM_FS
   }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 715a188..7fcad58 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;
   _stext = .;
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -96,8 +92,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .init_array     : { *(.init_array) }
   .fini_array     : { *(.fini_array) }
   .data           : {
-    . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
-    *(.data.init_task)
+    INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 2ebd397..e7a6cca 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;
   _stext = .;
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
   .text      :
@@ -52,8 +48,7 @@ SECTIONS
   init.data : { INIT_DATA }
   .data    :
   {
-    . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
-    *(.data.init_task)
+    INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
@@ -81,19 +76,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-  .sbss      :
-  {
-   __bss_start = .;
-   PROVIDE(_bss_start = .);
-   *(.sbss)
-   *(.scommon)
-  }
-  .bss       :
-  {
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
-   *(COMMON)
-  }
+  __bss_start = .;
+  PROVIDE(_bss_start = .);
+  SBSS(0)
+  BSS(0)
   _end = .;
   PROVIDE (end = .);
 
-- 
1.6.3.3


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[PATCH 12/13] h8300: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   25 +++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 662b02e..b9e2490 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _##_sym_
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 /* target memory map */
 #ifdef CONFIG_H8300H_GENERIC
@@ -79,11 +80,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	__etext = . ;
-	. = ALIGN(16);          /* Exception table              */
-	___start___ex_table = .;
-		*(__ex_table)
-	___stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	RODATA
 #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
@@ -100,8 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__sdata = . ;
 	___data_start = . ;
 
-	. = ALIGN(0x2000) ;
-		*(.data.init_task)
+	INIT_TASK_DATA(0x2000)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 		DATA_DATA
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
@@ -114,24 +111,16 @@ SECTIONS
 	__einittext = .; 
 		INIT_DATA
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
+	INIT_SETUP(0x4)
 	___setup_start = .;
 		*(.init.setup)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 	___setup_end = .;
-	___initcall_start = .;
-		INITCALLS
-	___initcall_end = .;
-	___con_initcall_start = .;
-		*(.con_initcall.init)
-	___con_initcall_end = .;
+	INIT_CALLS
+	CON_INITCALL
 		EXIT_TEXT
 		EXIT_DATA
-#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD)
-		. = ALIGN(4);
-	___initramfs_start = .;
-  		*(.init.ramfs)
-  	___initramfs_end = .;
-#endif
+	INIT_RAM_FS
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 	___init_end = .;
 	__edata = . ;
-- 
1.6.3.3

[PATCH 13/13] mn10300: Clean up linker script using higher-level macros.

[Tim Abbott]

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@jp.panasonic.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   40 +++---------------------------------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 76f41bd..10549dc 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,24 +44,8 @@ SECTIONS
   RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
   /* writeable */
-  .data : {			/* Data */
-	DATA_DATA
-	CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
-
-  .data_nosave : { NOSAVE_DATA; }
-
-  .data.page_aligned : { PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE); }
-  .data.cacheline_aligned : { CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(32); }
-
-  /* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
-  . = ALIGN(32);
-  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly)) {
-	READ_MOSTLY_DATA(32);
-	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
-  }
-
-  .data.init_task : { INIT_TASK_DATA(THREAD_SIZE); }
+  RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+  _edata = .;
 
   /* might get freed after init */
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -74,22 +58,8 @@ SECTIONS
   /* will be freed after init */
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);		/* Init code and data */
   __init_begin = .;
-  .init.text : {
-	_sinittext = .;
-	INIT_TEXT;
-	_einittext = .;
-  }
-  .init.data : { INIT_DATA; }
-  .setup.init : { INIT_SETUP(16); }
-
-  __initcall_start = .;
-  .initcall.init : {
-	INITCALLS
-  }
-  __initcall_end = .;
-  .con_initcall.init : { CON_INITCALL; }
-
-  SECURITY_INIT
+  INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+  INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
   . = ALIGN(4);
   __alt_instructions = .;
   .altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) }
@@ -100,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.exit.text : { EXIT_TEXT; }
 	.exit.data : { EXIT_DATA; }
 
-  .init.ramfs : { INIT_RAM_FS; }
-
   PERCPU(32)
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_end = .;
-- 
1.6.3.3

Re: [PATCH 01/13] Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA_SECTION.

[Linus Torvalds]

Umm. As a commit message this sucks. What's so optimized about this?

		Linus

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Tim Abbott wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.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
> 

Re: [PATCH 01/13] Optimize the ordering of sections in RW_DATA_SECTION.

[Tim Abbott]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> Umm. As a commit message this sucks. What's so optimized about this?

Yeah, it does.  Sorry about that.  

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

	-Tim Abbott

> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Tim Abbott wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.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
> > 
> 

Re: [PATCH 09/13] parisc: Remove useless altinstructions code copied from x86.

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:22:23AM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Heh, I had a patch to use this, but I guess I never finished it, (to nop
out some cache flushes and syncs on coherent architectures in the iommu
code.) I'll add a hunk to bring it back if/when I ever submit that
change.

cheers, Kyle