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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-29 18:12:23 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-29 18:12:23 -0700
commita591afc01d9e48affbacb365558a31e53c85af45 (patch)
tree9bb91f4eb94ec69fc4706c4944788ec5f3586063 /arch/x86/Kconfig
parent820d41cf0cd0e94a5661e093821e2e5c6b36a9d8 (diff)
parent31796ac4e8f0e88f5c10f1ad6dab8f19bebe44a4 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x32 support for x86-64 from Ingo Molnar: "This tree introduces the X32 binary format and execution mode for x86: 32-bit data space binaries using 64-bit instructions and 64-bit kernel syscalls. This allows applications whose working set fits into a 32 bits address space to make use of 64-bit instructions while using a 32-bit address space with shorter pointers, more compressed data structures, etc." Fix up trivial context conflicts in arch/x86/{Kconfig,vdso/vma.c} * 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (71 commits) x32: Fix alignment fail in struct compat_siginfo x32: Fix stupid ia32/x32 inversion in the siginfo format x32: Add ptrace for x32 x32: Switch to a 64-bit clock_t x32: Provide separate is_ia32_task() and is_x32_task() predicates x86, mtrr: Use explicit sizing and padding for the 64-bit ioctls x86/x32: Fix the binutils auto-detect x32: Warn and disable rather than error if binutils too old x32: Only clear TIF_X32 flag once x32: Make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared for x32 tasks fs: Remove missed ->fds_bits from cessation use of fd_set structs internally fs: Fix close_on_exec pointer in alloc_fdtable x32: Drop non-__vdso weak symbols from the x32 VDSO x32: Fix coding style violations in the x32 VDSO code x32: Add x32 VDSO support x32: Allow x32 to be configured x32: If configured, add x32 system calls to system call tables x32: Handle process creation x32: Signal-related system calls x86: Add #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT to <asm/sys_ia32.h> ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index abfb953c131..1d14cc6b79a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2163,9 +2163,9 @@ config IA32_EMULATION
depends on X86_64
select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
---help---
- Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
- likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
- 32-bit programs left.
+ Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a
+ 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're
+ 100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left.
config IA32_AOUT
tristate "IA32 a.out support"
@@ -2173,9 +2173,22 @@ config IA32_AOUT
---help---
Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
+config X86_X32
+ bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on X86_64 && IA32_EMULATION && EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI
+ for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the
+ full 64-bit register file and wide data path while leaving
+ pointers at 32 bits for smaller memory footprint.
+
+ You will need a recent binutils (2.22 or later) with
+ elf32_x86_64 support enabled to compile a kernel with this
+ option set.
+
config COMPAT
def_bool y
- depends on IA32_EMULATION
+ depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32
select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT