1. 29 1月, 2008 3 次提交
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      remove __attribute_used__ · 3ff6eecc
      Adrian Bunk 提交于
      Remove the deprecated __attribute_used__.
      
      [Introduce __section in a few places to silence checkpatch /sam]
      Signed-off-by: NAdrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      3ff6eecc
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      Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/__mem code/data · eb8f6890
      Sam Ravnborg 提交于
      Introducing separate sections for __dev* (HOTPLUG),
      __cpu* (HOTPLUG_CPU) and __mem* (MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
      allows us to do a much more reliable Section mismatch
      check in modpost. We are no longer dependent on the actual
      configuration of for example HOTPLUG.
      
      This has the effect that all users see much more
      Section mismatch warnings than before because they
      were almost all hidden when HOTPLUG was enabled.
      The advantage of this is that when building a piece
      of code then it is much more likely that the Section
      mismatch errors are spotted and the warnings will be
      felt less random of nature.
      Signed-off-by: NSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
      Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
      Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
      eb8f6890
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      compiler.h: introduce __section() · f3fe866d
      Sam Ravnborg 提交于
      Add a new helper: __section() that makes a section definition
      much shorter and more readable.
      Signed-off-by: NSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      f3fe866d
  2. 17 10月, 2007 2 次提交
  3. 11 10月, 2007 1 次提交
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      [NETNS]: Move some code into __init section when CONFIG_NET_NS=n · 4665079c
      Pavel Emelyanov 提交于
      With the net namespaces many code leaved the __init section,
      thus making the kernel occupy more memory than it did before.
      Since we have a config option that prohibits the namespace
      creation, the functions that initialize/finalize some netns
      stuff are simply not needed and can be freed after the boot.
      
      Currently, this is almost not noticeable, since few calls
      are no longer in __init, but when the namespaces will be
      merged it will be possible to free more code. I propose to
      use the __net_init, __net_exit and __net_initdata "attributes"
      for functions/variables that are not used if the CONFIG_NET_NS
      is not set to save more space in memory.
      
      The exiting functions cannot just reside in the __exit section,
      as noticed by David, since the init section will have
      references on it and the compilation will fail due to modpost
      checks. These references can exist, since the init namespace
      never dies and the exit callbacks are never called. So I
      introduce the __exit_refok attribute just like it is already
      done with the __init_refok.
      Signed-off-by: NPavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      4665079c
  4. 12 8月, 2007 1 次提交
  5. 01 8月, 2007 1 次提交
  6. 22 7月, 2007 1 次提交
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      x86: Support __attribute__((__cold__)) in gcc 4.3 · a586df06
      Andi Kleen 提交于
      gcc 4.3 supports a new __attribute__((__cold__)) to mark functions cold. Any
      path directly leading to a call of this function will be unlikely. And gcc
      will try to generate smaller code for the function itself.
      
      Please use with care. The code generation advantage isn't large and in most
      cases it is not worth uglifying code with this.
      
      This patch marks some common error functions like panic(), printk()
      as cold.  This will longer term make many unlikely()s unnecessary, although
      we can keep them for now for older compilers.
      
      BUG is not marked cold because there is currently no way to tell
      gcc to mark a inline function told.
      
      Also all __init and __exit functions are marked cold. With a non -Os
      build this will tell the compiler to generate slightly smaller code
      for them. I think it currently only uses less alignments for labels,
      but that might change in the future.
      
      One disadvantage over *likely() is that they cannot be easily instrumented
      to verify them.
      
      Another drawback is that only the latest gcc 4.3 snapshots support this.
      Unfortunately we cannot detect this using the preprocessor. This means older
      snapshots will fail now. I don't think that's a problem because they are
      unreleased compilers that nobody should be using.
      
      gcc also has a __hot__ attribute, but I don't see any sense in using
      this in the kernel right now. But someday I hope gcc will be able
      to use more aggressive optimizing for hot functions even in -Os,
      if that happens it should be added.
      
      Includes compile fix from Thomas Gleixner.
      
      Cc: Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
      Signed-off-by: NAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      a586df06
  7. 17 7月, 2007 1 次提交
  8. 19 5月, 2007 1 次提交
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      kbuild: introduce __init_refok/__initdata_refok to supress section mismatch warnings · 0e0d314e
      Sam Ravnborg 提交于
      Throughout the kernel there are a few legitimite references
      to init or exit sections. Most of these are covered by the
      patterns included in modpost but a few nees special attention.
      To avoid hardcoding a lot of function names in modpost introduce
      a marker so relevant function/data can be marked.
      When modpost see a reference to a init/exit function from
      a function/data marked no warning will be issued.
      
      Idea from: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: NSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      0e0d314e
  9. 15 5月, 2007 1 次提交
  10. 09 5月, 2007 1 次提交
  11. 08 5月, 2007 1 次提交
  12. 03 5月, 2007 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] i386: Change sysenter_setup to __cpuinit & improve __INIT, __INITDATA · 86c0baf1
      Prarit Bhargava 提交于
      Change sysenter_setup to __cpuinit.
      Change __INIT & __INITDATA to be cpu hotplug aware.
      
      Resolve MODPOST warnings similar to:
      
      WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:sysenter_setup from
       .text between 'identify_cpu' (at offset 0xc040a380) and 'detect_ht'
      
      and
      
      WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:vsyscall_int80_end
      from .text between 'sysenter_setup' (at offset 0xc041a269) and 'enable_sep_cpu'
      WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to
      .init.data:vsyscall_int80_start from .text between 'sysenter_setup' (at offset
      0xc041a26e) and 'enable_sep_cpu'
      WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to
      .init.data:vsyscall_sysenter_end from .text between 'sysenter_setup' (at offset
      0xc041a275) and 'enable_sep_cpu'
      WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to
      .init.data:vsyscall_sysenter_start from .text between 'sysenter_setup' (at
      offset 0xc041a27a) and 'enable_sep_cpu'
      Signed-off-by: NPrarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
      86c0baf1
  13. 13 2月, 2007 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: common · 30d7e0d4
      Alon Bar-Lev 提交于
      Current implementation stores a static command-line buffer allocated to
      COMMAND_LINE_SIZE size.  Most architectures stores two copies of this buffer,
      one for future reference and one for parameter parsing.
      
      Current kernel command-line size for most architecture is much too small for
      module parameters, video settings, initramfs paramters and much more.  The
      problem is that setting COMMAND_LINE_SIZE to a grater value, allocates static
      buffers.
      
      In order to allow a greater command-line size, these buffers should be
      dynamically allocated or marked as init disposable buffers, so unused memory
      can be released.
      
      This patch renames the static saved_command_line variable into
      boot_command_line adding __initdata attribute, so that it can be disposed
      after initialization.  This rename is required so applications that use
      saved_command_line will not be affected by this change.
      
      It reintroduces saved_command_line as dynamically allocated buffer to match
      the data in boot_command_line.
      
      It also mark secondary command-line buffer as __initdata, and copies it to
      dynamically allocated static_command_line buffer components may hold reference
      to it after initialization.
      
      This patch is for linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1 and is divided to target each
      architecture.  I could not check this in any architecture so please forgive me
      if I got it wrong.
      
      The per-architecture modification is very simple, use boot_command_line in
      place of saved_command_line.  The common code is the change into dynamic
      command-line.
      
      This patch:
      
      1. Rename saved_command_line into boot_command_line, mark as init
         disposable.
      
      2. Add dynamic allocated saved_command_line.
      
      3. Add dynamic allocated static_command_line.
      
      4. During startup copy: boot_command_line into saved_command_line.  arch
         command_line into static_command_line.
      
      5. Parse static_command_line and not arch command_line, so arch
         command_line may be freed.
      Signed-off-by: NAlon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
      Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
      Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
      Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
      Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
      Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com>
      Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
      Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
      Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
      Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
      Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
      Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
      Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
      Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
      Cc: Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
      Cc: Richard Curnow <rc@rc0.org.uk>
      Cc: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
      Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
      Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
      Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
      Cc: Miles Bader <uclinux-v850@lsi.nec.co.jp>
      Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
      Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
      Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
      Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
      Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      30d7e0d4
  14. 12 2月, 2007 1 次提交
  15. 12 12月, 2006 1 次提交
  16. 21 11月, 2006 1 次提交
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      Add "pure_initcall" for static variable initialization · b3438f82
      Linus Torvalds 提交于
      This is a quick hack to overcome the fact that SRCU currently does not
      allow static initializers, and we need to sometimes initialize those
      things before any other initializers (even "core" ones) can do so.
      
      Currently we don't allow this at all for modules, and the only user that
      needs is right now is cpufreq. As reported by Thomas Gleixner:
      
         "Commit b4dfdbb3 ("[PATCH] cpufreq:
          make the transition_notifier chain use SRCU breaks cpu frequency
          notification users, which register the callback > on core_init
          level."
      
      Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@timesys.com>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
      Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      b3438f82
  17. 28 10月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] drivers: wait for threaded probes between initcall levels · 735a7ffb
      Andrew Morton 提交于
      The multithreaded-probing code has a problem: after one initcall level (eg,
      core_initcall) has been processed, we will then start processing the next
      level (postcore_initcall) while the kernel threads which are handling
      core_initcall are still executing.  This breaks the guarantees which the
      layered initcalls previously gave us.
      
      IOW, we want to be multithreaded _within_ an initcall level, but not between
      different levels.
      
      Fix that up by causing the probing code to wait for all outstanding probes at
      one level to complete before we start processing the next level.
      
      Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      735a7ffb
  18. 27 9月, 2006 1 次提交
  19. 26 4月, 2006 1 次提交
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  21. 26 3月, 2006 1 次提交
  22. 17 1月, 2006 1 次提交
  23. 26 6月, 2005 1 次提交
  24. 17 4月, 2005 1 次提交
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      Linux-2.6.12-rc2 · 1da177e4
      Linus Torvalds 提交于
      Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
      even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
      archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
      3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
      git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
      infrastructure for it.
      
      Let it rip!
      1da177e4