Re: [PATCH 05/15] arm: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sun Apr 26 2009 - 07:17:28 EST


On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:11:00PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> This has the consequence of changing the section name use for head
> code from ".text.head" to ".head.text". Since this commit changes all
> users in the architecture, this change should be harmless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S | 2 +-
> arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 2 +-
> arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
> index cc87e17..4f10d1c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
> * numbers for r1.
> *
> */
> - .section ".text.head", "ax"
> + __HEAD
> ENTRY(stext)
> msr cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
> @ and irqs disabled
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> index 21e17dc..f1877a5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
> * crap here - that's what the boot loader (or in extreme, well justified
> * circumstances, zImage) is for.
> */
> - .section ".text.head", "ax"
> + __HEAD
> ENTRY(stext)
> msr cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
> @ and irqs disabled
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index c90f272..655fb75 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ SECTIONS
> #else
> . = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
> #endif
> - .text.head : {
> + HEAD_TEXT_SECTION : {

Spell it out direct rather than hiding the .head.text
behind a macro name here.

Sam
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