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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h | 20 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h index 724faede8ac5..7afe4620685c 100644 --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h @@ -4,4 +4,16 @@ #include <asm-generic/sections.h> +/* + * .boot.data section contains variables "shared" between the decompressor and + * the decompressed kernel. The decompressor will store values in them, and + * copy over to the decompressed image before starting it. + * + * Each variable end up in its own intermediate section .boot.data.<var name>, + * those sections are later sorted by alignment + name and merged together into + * final .boot.data section, which should be identical in the decompressor and + * the decompressed kernel (that is checked during the build). + */ +#define __bootdata(var) __section(.boot.data.var) var + #endif diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2d127f900352 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +#include <asm/page.h> + +/* + * .boot.data section is 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. + * + * .boot.data variables are kept in separate .boot.data.<var name> sections, + * which are sorted by alignment first, then by name before being merged + * into single .boot.data section. This way big holes cased by page aligned + * structs are avoided and linker produces consistent result. + */ +#define BOOT_DATA \ + . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \ + .boot.data : { \ + __boot_data_start = .; \ + *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.boot.data*))) \ + __boot_data_end = .; \ + } |