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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] x86: add .data.page_aligned section

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Subject: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] x86: add .data.page_aligned section
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Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 04:10:47 -0700
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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1273143142 -3600
# Node ID 924f54145fda26df64bf6f57010793893b29866f
# Parent  7e18b2bb7fe08aab707d46af930f6a2cedbd6d35
x86: add .data.page_aligned section

... and move page-aligned data there, instead of having random holes
(to fulfill the demanded alignment) in the final image.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_32.S         |    3 +++
 xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S         |    4 +++-
 xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat_kexec.S |    6 ++++--
 xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S             |    2 ++
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -r 7e18b2bb7fe0 -r 924f54145fda xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_32.S
--- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_32.S        Thu May 06 11:44:42 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_32.S        Thu May 06 11:52:22 2010 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ 0:      pushl   (%ebp)
         jnz     0b
 1:      jmp     1b
 
+        .data
+        ALIGN
 ENTRY(stack_start)
         .long cpu0_stack
         
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ ENTRY(idle_pg_table)
         .long sym_phys(idle_pg_table_l2) + 2*PAGE_SIZE + 0x01, 0
         .long sym_phys(idle_pg_table_l2) + 3*PAGE_SIZE + 0x01, 0
 
+        .section .data.page_aligned, "aw", @progbits
         .align PAGE_SIZE, 0
 /* NB. Rings != 0 get access up to MACH2PHYS_VIRT_END. This allows access to */
 /*     the machine->physical mapping table. Ring 0 can access all memory.    */
diff -r 7e18b2bb7fe0 -r 924f54145fda xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
--- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S        Thu May 06 11:44:42 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S        Thu May 06 11:52:22 2010 +0100
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ 1:      jmp     1b
 
 /*** DESCRIPTOR TABLES ***/
 
-        .align 8, 0xCC
+        .data
+        .align 8
 multiboot_ptr:
         .long   0
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ ENTRY(stack_start)
 ENTRY(stack_start)
         .quad   cpu0_stack
 
+        .section .data.page_aligned, "aw", @progbits
         .align PAGE_SIZE, 0
 ENTRY(boot_cpu_gdt_table)
         .quad 0x0000000000000000     /* unused */
diff -r 7e18b2bb7fe0 -r 924f54145fda xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat_kexec.S
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat_kexec.S        Thu May 06 11:44:42 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/compat_kexec.S        Thu May 06 11:52:22 2010 +0100
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ 1:
         call *%eax
         ud2
 
+        .data
+        .align 4
 compat_page_list:
         .fill 12,4,0
 
@@ -166,8 +168,8 @@ compat_pg_table:
         .long SYM_PHYS(compat_pg_table_l2) + 2*PAGE_SIZE + 0x01, 0
         .long SYM_PHYS(compat_pg_table_l2) + 3*PAGE_SIZE + 0x01, 0
 
-        .align 4096,0
-
+        .section .data.page_aligned, "aw", @progbits
+        .align PAGE_SIZE,0
 compat_pg_table_l2:
         .macro identmap from=0, count=512
         .if \count-1
diff -r 7e18b2bb7fe0 -r 924f54145fda xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
--- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S    Thu May 06 11:44:42 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S    Thu May 06 11:52:22 2010 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ SECTIONS
   } :text
 
   .data : {                    /* Data */
+       . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+       *(.data.page_aligned)
        *(.data)
        CONSTRUCTORS
   } :text

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