The patch titled
Rename _bss to __bss_start
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
rename-_bss-to-__bss_start.patch
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Subject: Rename _bss to __bss_start
From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Rename _bss to __bss_start as on other architectures. That makes it
possible to use the <linux/sections.h> instead of own declarations. Also
add __bss_stop because that symbol exists on other architectures.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.lds | 3 ++-
arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c | 3 +--
arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.lds~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.lds
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.lds~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start
+++ a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.lds
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ SECTIONS
.sdata : { *(.sdata) }
_edata = .;
- _bss = .;
+ __bss_start = .;
.sbss : { *(.sbss) *(.scommon) }
.bss : { *(.bss) *(COMMON) }
. = ALIGN(64 / 8);
+ __bss_stop = .;
_end = . ;
/* Stabs debugging sections. */
diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start
+++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ static struct resource bss_resource = {
.name = "Kernel bss",
.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
};
-extern char _text[], _end[], _etext[], _edata[], _bss[];
unsigned long ia64_max_cacheline_size;
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ static int __init register_memory(void)
code_resource.end = ia64_tpa(_etext) - 1;
data_resource.start = ia64_tpa(_etext);
data_resource.end = ia64_tpa(_edata) - 1;
- bss_resource.start = ia64_tpa(_bss);
+ bss_resource.start = ia64_tpa(__bss_start);
bss_resource.end = ia64_tpa(_end) - 1;
efi_initialize_iomem_resources(&code_resource, &data_resource,
&bss_resource);
diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S~rename-_bss-to-__bss_start
+++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ SECTIONS
.sdata : AT(ADDR(.sdata) - LOAD_OFFSET)
{ *(.sdata) *(.sdata1) *(.srdata) }
_edata = .;
- _bss = .;
+ __bss_start = .;
.sbss : AT(ADDR(.sbss) - LOAD_OFFSET)
{ *(.sbss) *(.scommon) }
.bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET)
{ *(.bss) *(COMMON) }
+ __bss_stop = .;
_end = .;
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from bwalle@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
rename-_bss-to-__bss_start.patch
remove-extern-declarations-for-code-data-bss-resource.patch
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