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authorMike Frysinger2008-02-02 15:53:17 +0800
committerBryan Wu2008-02-02 15:53:17 +0800
commitb7627acc432a36072253bb1288f56e78c7d9423e (patch)
tree1d79f1c3a68c21ec1b51428a88d8f5149dbbbbf4 /arch/blackfin/kernel
parent80f31c8a03d2f0644d0ceaf14e7e0108a007c962 (diff)
[Blackfin] arch: move the init sections to the end of memory
Move the init sections to the end of memory so that after they are free, run time memory is all continugous - this should help decrease memory fragementation. When doing this, we also pack some of the other sections a little closer together, to make sure we don't waste memory. To make this happen, we need to rename the .data.init_task section to .init_task.data, so it doesn't get picked up by the linker script glob. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/blackfin/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/kernel/init_task.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c14
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S47
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/init_task.c
index 673c860ffc23..c640154030e2 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
* "init_task" linker map entry.
*/
union thread_union init_thread_union
- __attribute__ ((__section__(".data.init_task"))) = {
+ __attribute__ ((__section__(".init_task.data"))) = {
INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task)};
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
index aca5e6e5bbdd..060080789495 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static __init void parse_cmdline_early(char *cmdline_p)
static __init void memory_setup(void)
{
_rambase = (unsigned long)_stext;
- _ramstart = (unsigned long)__bss_stop;
+ _ramstart = (unsigned long)_end;
if (DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > (_ramend - _ramstart)) {
console_init();
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static __init void memory_setup(void)
}
/* Relocate MTD image to the top of memory after the uncached memory area */
- dma_memcpy((char *)memory_end, __bss_stop, mtd_size);
+ dma_memcpy((char *)memory_end, _end, mtd_size);
memory_mtd_start = memory_end;
_ebss = memory_mtd_start; /* define _ebss for compatible */
@@ -528,13 +528,13 @@ static __init void memory_setup(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "Board Memory: %ldMB\n", physical_mem_end >> 20);
printk(KERN_INFO "Kernel Managed Memory: %ldMB\n", _ramend >> 20);
- printk( KERN_INFO "Memory map:\n"
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Memory map:\n"
KERN_INFO " text = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
KERN_INFO " rodata = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+ KERN_INFO " bss = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
KERN_INFO " data = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
KERN_INFO " stack = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
KERN_INFO " init = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
- KERN_INFO " bss = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
KERN_INFO " available = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
KERN_INFO " rootfs = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
@@ -544,12 +544,12 @@ static __init void memory_setup(void)
#endif
, _stext, _etext,
__start_rodata, __end_rodata,
+ __bss_start, __bss_stop,
_sdata, _edata,
(void *)&init_thread_union,
(void *)((int)(&init_thread_union) + 0x2000),
- __init_begin, __init_end,
- __bss_start, __bss_stop,
- (void *)_ramstart, (void *)memory_end
+ __init_begin, __init_end,
+ (void *)_ramstart, (void *)memory_end
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
, (void *)memory_mtd_start, (void *)(memory_mtd_start + mtd_size)
#endif
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 858722421b40..aed832540b3b 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ _jiffies = _jiffies_64;
SECTIONS
{
. = CONFIG_BOOT_LOAD;
+ /* Neither the text, ro_data or bss section need to be aligned
+ * So pack them back to back
+ */
.text :
{
__text = .;
@@ -58,22 +61,25 @@ SECTIONS
*(__ex_table)
___stop___ex_table = .;
- . = ALIGN(4);
__etext = .;
}
- RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+ /* Just in case the first read only is a 32-bit access */
+ RO_DATA(4)
+
+ .bss :
+ {
+ . = ALIGN(4);
+ ___bss_start = .;
+ *(.bss .bss.*)
+ *(COMMON)
+ ___bss_stop = .;
+ }
.data :
{
- /* make sure the init_task is aligned to the
- * kernel thread size so we can locate the kernel
- * stack properly and quickly.
- */
__sdata = .;
- . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
- *(.data.init_task)
-
+ /* This gets done first, so the glob doesn't suck it in */
. = ALIGN(32);
*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
@@ -81,10 +87,22 @@ SECTIONS
*(.data.*)
CONSTRUCTORS
+ /* make sure the init_task is aligned to the
+ * kernel thread size so we can locate the kernel
+ * stack properly and quickly.
+ */
. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+ *(.init_task.data)
+
__edata = .;
}
+ /* The init section should be last, so when we free it, it goes into
+ * the general memory pool, and (hopefully) will decrease fragmentation
+ * a tiny bit. The init section has a _requirement_ that it be
+ * PAGE_SIZE aligned
+ */
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
___init_begin = .;
.init.text :
@@ -179,16 +197,7 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
___init_end = .;
- .bss :
- {
- . = ALIGN(4);
- ___bss_start = .;
- *(.bss .bss.*)
- *(COMMON)
- . = ALIGN(4);
- ___bss_stop = .;
- __end = .;
- }
+ __end =.;
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