user/sven/linux.git/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h, branch v3.4.15

params: _initcall-like kernel parameters

2012-03-26T02:20:51Z

This patch adds a set of macros that can be used to declare kernel parameters to be parsed _before_ initcalls at a chosen level are executed. We rename the now-unused "flags" field of struct kernel_param as the level. It's signed, for when we use this for early params as well, in future. Linker macro collating init calls had to be modified in order to add additional symbols between levels that are later used by the init code to split the calls into blocks. Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

consolidate WARN_...ONCE() static variables

2012-03-23T23:58:31Z

Due to the alignment of following variables, these typically consume more than just the single byte that 'bool' requires, and as there are a few hundred instances, the cache pollution (not so much the waste of memory) sums up. Put these variables into their own section, outside of any half way frequently used memory range. Do the same also to the __warned variable of rcu_lockdep_assert(). (Don't, however, include the ones used by printk_once() and alike, as they can potentially be hot.) Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

m68k: Finally remove leftover markers sections

2011-10-24T19:00:34Z

Markers have removed already twice: 1: fc5377668c3d808e1d53c4aee152c836f55c3490 2: eb878b3bc0349344dbf70c51bf01fc734d5cf2d3 But a little bit is still here. Signed-off-by: Tkhai Kirill Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven

Merge branch 'for-2.6.40' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu

2011-05-24T18:53:42Z

* 'for-2.6.40' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: percpu: Unify input section names percpu: Avoid extra NOP in percpu_cmpxchg16b_double percpu: Cast away printk format warning percpu: Always align percpu output section to PAGE_SIZE Fix up fairly trivial conflict in arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h as per Tejun

Merge branch 'fixes-2.6.39' into for-2.6.40

2011-05-24T07:59:36Z

Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2011-05-20T00:36:08Z

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (107 commits) perf stat: Add more cache-miss percentage printouts perf stat: Add -d -d and -d -d -d options to show more CPU events ftrace/kbuild: Add recordmcount files to force full build ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users ftrace: Modify ftrace_set_filter/notrace to take ops ftrace: Allow dynamically allocated function tracers ftrace: Implement separate user function filtering ftrace: Free hash with call_rcu_sched() ftrace: Have global_ops store the functions that are to be traced ftrace: Add ops parameter to ftrace_startup/shutdown functions ftrace: Add enabled_functions file ftrace: Use counters to enable functions to trace ftrace: Separate hash allocation and assignment ftrace: Create a global_ops to hold the filter and notrace hashes ftrace: Use hash instead for FTRACE_FL_FILTER ftrace: Replace FTRACE_FL_NOTRACE flag with a hash of ignored functions perf bench, x86: Add alternatives-asm.h wrapper x86, 64-bit: Fix copy_[to/from]_user() checks for the userspace address limit x86, mem: memset_64.S: Optimize memset by enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB x86, mem: memmove_64.S: Optimize memmove by enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB ...

module: Sort exported symbols

2011-05-19T07:25:27Z

This patch places every exported symbol in its own section (i.e. "___ksymtab+printk"). Thus the linker will use its SORT() directive to sort and finally merge all symbol in the right and final section (i.e. "__ksymtab"). The symbol prefixed archs use an underscore as prefix for symbols. To avoid collision we use a different character to create the temporary section names. This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum. Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell (folded in '+' fixup) Tested-by: Dirk Behme

Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core

2011-04-27T08:40:21Z

Conflicts: include/linux/perf_event.h Merge reason: pick up the latest jump-label enhancements, they are cooked ready. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

jump label: Introduce static_branch() interface

2011-04-04T16:48:08Z

Introduce: static __always_inline bool static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key); instead of the old JUMP_LABEL(key, label) macro. In this way, jump labels become really easy to use: Define: struct jump_label_key jump_key; Can be used as: if (static_branch(&jump_key)) do unlikely code enable/disale via: jump_label_inc(&jump_key); jump_label_dec(&jump_key); that's it! For the jump labels disabled case, the static_branch() becomes an atomic_read(), and jump_label_inc()/dec() are simply atomic_inc(), atomic_dec() operations. We show testing results for this change below. Thanks to H. Peter Anvin for suggesting the 'static_branch()' construct. Since we now require a 'struct jump_label_key *key', we can store a pointer into the jump table addresses. In this way, we can enable/disable jump labels, in basically constant time. This change allows us to completely remove the previous hashtable scheme. Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for this re-write. Testing: I ran a series of 'tbench 20' runs 5 times (with reboots) for 3 configurations, where tracepoints were disabled. jump label configured in avg: 815.6 jump label *not* configured in (using atomic reads) avg: 800.1 jump label *not* configured in (regular reads) avg: 803.4 Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <20110316212947.GA8792@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin Tested-by: David Daney Acked-by: Ralf Baechle Acked-by: David S. Miller Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

percpu: Unify input section names

2011-04-03T23:41:32Z

The two percpu helper macros have the section names duplicated. So create a new define to merge the two. This also allows arches who need to link things more directly themselves to avoid duplicating the input sections in their linker script. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo