Use a dedicated aligned section for the init_thread_union
variable and declare this section in vmlinux.lds.
This align sparc with most other architectures.
Eventually this allow the init_task bits to be unified across all architectures.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Build tested on sparc32 and sparc64 - no boot test!
Sam
arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c | 3 +--
arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
index 8e64ebc..62126e4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
* in etrap.S which assumes it.
*/
union thread_union init_thread_union
- __attribute__((section (".text\"\n\t#")))
- __attribute__((aligned (THREAD_SIZE)))
+ __attribute__((section (".data.init_task")))
= { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4bfbeff..59c8d09 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
/* ld script for sparc32/sparc64 kernel */
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+
#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32
#define INITIAL_ADDRESS 0x10000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS
@@ -65,8 +67,15 @@ SECTIONS
.data.read_mostly : {
*(.data.read_mostly)
}
+ /* End of data section */
_edata = .;
PROVIDE (edata = .);
+
+ /* init_task */
+ . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+ .data.init_task : {
+ *(.data.init_task)
+ }
.fixup : {
__start___fixup = .;
*(.fixup)
--
1.6.0.2.GIT
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