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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h index 366d3663994..61b126b9788 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h @@ -104,6 +104,29 @@ extern struct boot_params boot_params; extern unsigned long _brk_end; void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align); +/* + * Reserve space in the brk section. The name must be unique within + * the file, and somewhat descriptive. The size is in bytes. Must be + * used at file scope. + * + * (This uses a temp function to wrap the asm so we can pass it the + * size parameter; otherwise we wouldn't be able to. We can't use a + * "section" attribute on a normal variable because it always ends up + * being @progbits, which ends up allocating space in the vmlinux + * executable.) + */ +#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \ + static void __section(.discard) __used \ + __brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) { \ + asm volatile ( \ + ".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \ + "__brk_reservation_" #name "__:" \ + " 1:.skip %c0;" \ + " .size __brk_reservation_" #name "__, . - 1b;" \ + " .popsection" \ + : : "i" (sz)); \ + } + #ifdef __i386__ void __init i386_start_kernel(void); @@ -115,6 +138,13 @@ void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data); #endif /* __i386__ */ #endif /* _SETUP */ +#else +#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \ + .pushsection .brk_reservation,"aw",@nobits; \ +__brk_reservation_##name##__: \ +1: .skip sz; \ + .size __brk_reservation_##name##__,.-1b; \ + .popsection #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ |