x86: Use section .data.page_aligned for the idt_table.
authorTim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:29 +0000 (16:44 -0400)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:21:52 +0000 (10:21 -0700)
The .data.idt section is just squashed into the .data.page_aligned
output section by the linker script anyway, so it might as well be in
the .data.page_aligned section.

This eliminates all references to .data.idt on x86.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S

index 8326492..ea23d3b 100644 (file)
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ char ignore_fpu_irq;
 
 /*
  * The IDT has to be page-aligned to simplify the Pentium
- * F0 0F bug workaround.. We have a special link segment
- * for this.
+ * F0 0F bug workaround.
  */
-gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS]
-       __attribute__((__section__(".data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
+gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
 #endif
 
 DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS);
index 5c7826d..7d6cef3 100644 (file)
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 
                PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
-               *(.data.idt)
 
                CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES)