linux/arch
Paul Janzen aed9c6ccb8 [PATCH] ppc32: Put cache flush routines back into .relocate_code section
In 2.6.14, we had the following definition of _GLOBAL() in
include/asm-ppc/processor.h:

#define _GLOBAL(n)\
        .stabs __stringify(n:F-1),N_FUN,0,0,n;\
        .globl n;\
n:

In 2.6.15, as part of the great powerpc merge, we moved this definition to
include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h, where it appears (to 32-bit code) as:

#define _GLOBAL(n)      \
        .text;          \
        .stabs __stringify(n:F-1),N_FUN,0,0,n;\
        .globl n;       \
n:

Mostly, this is fine.  However, we also have the following, in
arch/ppc/boot/common/util.S:

        .section ".relocate_code","xa"
[...]
_GLOBAL(flush_instruction_cache)
[...]
_GLOBAL(flush_data_cache)
[...]

The addition of the .text section definition in the definition of
_GLOBAL overrides the .relocate_code section definition.  As a result,
these two functions don't end up in .relocate_code, so they don't get
relocated correctly, and the boot fails.

There's another suspicious-looking usage at kernel/swsusp.S:37 that
someone should look into.  I did not exhaustively search the source
tree, though.

The following is the minimal patch that fixes the immediate problem.
I could easily be convinced that the _GLOBAL definition should be
modified to remove the ".text;" line either instead of, or in addition
to, this fix.

Signed-off-by: Paul Janzen <pcj@linux.sez.to>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-01-09 15:47:08 +11:00
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alpha [PATCH] Alpha: convert to generic irq framework (alpha part) 2006-01-06 08:33:40 -08:00
arm [ARM] Move asm/hardware/clock.h to linux/clk.h 2006-01-07 16:15:52 +00:00
arm26 arch/arm26/nwfpe/fpmodule.c: remove kernel 2.0 #ifdef 2006-01-03 13:42:12 +01:00
cris [PATCH] cris: kgdb: remove double_this() 2006-01-06 08:33:45 -08:00
frv [PATCH] frv: improve signal handling 2006-01-06 08:33:33 -08:00
h8300 [PATCH] sched: disable preempt in idle tasks 2005-11-09 07:56:33 -08:00
i386 x86: remove bogus 'pci=usepirqmask' suggestion when no irq is defined 2006-01-06 08:43:16 -08:00
ia64 [IA64] Fix compile warnings in setup.c 2006-01-05 13:30:52 -08:00
m32r [PATCH] m32r: Remove unnecessary icu_data_t definitions 2006-01-06 08:33:44 -08:00
m68k [PATCH] m68k: convert thread flags to use bit fields 2005-11-13 18:14:14 -08:00
m68knommu [PATCH] m68knommu: enable_irq/disable_irq 2006-01-06 08:33:44 -08:00
mips Relax the rw_verify_area() error checking. 2006-01-04 16:20:40 -08:00
parisc [PARISC] Remove unused variable in signal.c 2005-11-17 16:43:52 -05:00
powerpc [PATCH] spufs: set irq affinity for running threads 2006-01-09 15:44:57 +11:00
ppc [PATCH] ppc32: Put cache flush routines back into .relocate_code section 2006-01-09 15:47:08 +11:00
s390 [PATCH] s390: cleanup Kconfig 2006-01-06 08:33:53 -08:00
sh [PATCH] sched: resched and cpu_idle rework 2005-11-09 07:56:33 -08:00
sh64 [PATCH] sched: resched and cpu_idle rework 2005-11-09 07:56:33 -08:00
sparc [SPARC]: Use STABS_DEBUG and DWARF_DEBUG macros in vmlinux.lds.S 2005-12-28 13:22:54 -08:00
sparc64 [SPARC]: Use STABS_DEBUG and DWARF_DEBUG macros in vmlinux.lds.S 2005-12-28 13:22:54 -08:00
um [PATCH] uml: free network IRQ correctly 2006-01-06 08:33:48 -08:00
v850 [PATCH] v850: use generic hardirq code 2005-11-15 08:59:20 -08:00
x86_64 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild 2006-01-06 15:23:56 -08:00
xtensa Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-drvmodel 2005-11-11 09:24:26 -08:00