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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-08 04:21:42 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-08 04:21:42 +0000
commit9d537f04b26ad3ac10399b4885f6dcd9112f7973 (patch)
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 4.19.289-2progress5u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 4.19.304.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h46
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ae13bc974..c5ed79159 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -91,27 +91,16 @@ extern unsigned long _brk_end;
void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
/*
- * Reserve space in the brk section. The name must be unique within
- * the file, and somewhat descriptive. The size is in bytes. Must be
- * used at file scope.
+ * Reserve space in the .brk section, which is a block of memory from which the
+ * caller is allowed to allocate very early (before even memblock is available)
+ * by calling extend_brk(). All allocated memory will be eventually converted
+ * to memblock. Any leftover unallocated memory will be freed.
*
- * (This uses a temp function to wrap the asm so we can pass it the
- * size parameter; otherwise we wouldn't be able to. We can't use a
- * "section" attribute on a normal variable because it always ends up
- * being @progbits, which ends up allocating space in the vmlinux
- * executable.)
+ * The size is in bytes.
*/
-#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \
- static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace \
- __brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) { \
- asm volatile ( \
- ".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
- ".brk." #name ":" \
- " 1:.skip %c0;" \
- " .size .brk." #name ", . - 1b;" \
- " .popsection" \
- : : "i" (sz)); \
- }
+#define RESERVE_BRK(name, size) \
+ __section(.bss..brk) __aligned(1) __used \
+ static char __brk_##name[size]
/* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
#define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries) \
@@ -129,12 +118,19 @@ asmlinkage void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data);
#endif /* __i386__ */
#endif /* _SETUP */
-#else
-#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \
- .pushsection .brk_reservation,"aw",@nobits; \
-.brk.name: \
-1: .skip sz; \
- .size .brk.name,.-1b; \
+
+#else /* __ASSEMBLY */
+
+.macro __RESERVE_BRK name, size
+ .pushsection .bss..brk, "aw"
+GLOBAL(__brk_\name)
+ .skip \size
+END(__brk_\name)
.popsection
+.endm
+
+#define RESERVE_BRK(name, size) __RESERVE_BRK name, size
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_SETUP_H */