summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/arch/s390/include/asm
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>2019-04-01 19:10:45 +0200
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>2019-04-10 17:47:09 +0200
commitbf9921a9c15bad089c08b94c300a6cafa035a612 (patch)
treedd69b006096cdae6c93cb892d892b00dc7e63e68 /arch/s390/include/asm
parent46a984ffb86c8542fa510656fa8cb33befe8ee8f (diff)
downloadlinux-bf9921a9c15bad089c08b94c300a6cafa035a612.tar.bz2
s390: introduce .boot.preserved.data section
Introduce .boot.preserve.data section which is similar to .boot.data and "shared" between the decompressor code and the decompressed kernel. The decompressor will store values in it, and copy over to the decompressed image before starting it. This method allows to avoid using pre-defined addresses and other hacks to pass values between those boot phases. Unlike .boot.data section .boot.preserved.data is NOT a part of init data, and hence will be preserved for the kernel life time. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/include/asm')
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h7
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h13
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
index 7afe4620685c..29e55739b516 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@
*/
#define __bootdata(var) __section(.boot.data.var) var
+/*
+ * .boot.preserved.data is similar to .boot.data, but it is not part of the
+ * .init section and thus will be preserved for later use in the decompressed
+ * kernel.
+ */
+#define __bootdata_preserved(var) __section(.boot.preserved.data.var) var
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index 2d127f900352..cbe670a6861b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -18,3 +18,16 @@
*(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.boot.data*))) \
__boot_data_end = .; \
}
+
+/*
+ * .boot.preserved.data is similar to .boot.data, but it is not part of the
+ * .init section and thus will be preserved for later use in the decompressed
+ * kernel.
+ */
+#define BOOT_DATA_PRESERVED \
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
+ .boot.preserved.data : { \
+ __boot_data_preserved_start = .; \
+ *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.boot.preserved.data*))) \
+ __boot_data_preserved_end = .; \
+ }