From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86/iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table section, and iommu_table_entry structure.
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:38:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100827143844.GA32547@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100826181913.GA5947@merkur.ravnborg.org>
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:19:13PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > index d0bb522..b92e040 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > @@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ SECTIONS
> > *(.altinstr_replacement)
> > }
> >
> > + .iommu_table : AT(ADDR(.iommu_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> > + __iommu_table = .;
> > + *(.iommu_table)
> > + . = ALIGN(8);
> > + __iommu_table_end = .;
> > + }
> > +
>
> So we have yet another magic section in vmlinux.lds.S
> A nice comemnt that expalins what this is used for and why
> it is discardable etc. would be nice.
>
> Lots of magic sections in same file miss this,
> but thats not an example to follwow.
Sure. Will provide one and also explain the other sections that I am
familiar with.
Thanks for your feedback!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-27 14:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-26 17:57 [RFC PATCH v2] Modularize IOMMUs detection/init for X86 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:57 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86/iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table section, and iommu_table_entry structure Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 18:19 ` Sam Ravnborg
2010-08-26 19:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-26 23:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-27 14:38 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2010-08-27 14:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
2010-08-27 18:19 ` [PATCH] x86: Adding comments about .iommu_table and its neighbors Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-28 1:54 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, doc: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:27 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table section, and iommu_table_entry structure tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:57 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86/iommu: Make all IOMMU's detection routines return a value Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:28 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, iommu: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:57 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86/iommu: Add proper dependency sort routine (and sanity check) Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:28 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, iommu: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:57 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86/swiotlb: Simplify SWIOTLB pci_swiotlb_detect routine Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:28 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, swiotlb: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86/swiotlb: Make SWIOTLB use IOMMU_INIT_* macros Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:29 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, swiotlb: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86/xen-swiotlb: Make Xen-SWIOTLB " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:29 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, xen-swiotlb: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86/calgary: Make Calgary IOMMU " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:30 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, calgary: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 08/10] x86/GART/AMD-VI: Make AMD GART and " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:30 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, GART/AMD-VI: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86/VT-d: Make Intel VT-d " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:30 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, VT-d: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-09-07 18:10 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86/VT-d: " Tony Luck
2010-09-07 19:07 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-09-07 19:12 ` Luck, Tony
2010-08-26 17:58 ` [PATCH 10/10] x86/iommu: Utilize the IOMMU_INIT macros functionality Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-08-26 23:31 ` [tip:x86/iommu] x86, iommu: " tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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