Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: add brk allocation for very, very early allocations

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> unsigned int boot_cpu_id __read_mostly;
> +__initdata unsigned long _brk_start, _brk_end;
> 

Better yet, initialize _brk_start and _brk_end statically:

extern const char _end[];
__initdata unsigned long _brk_start = (unsigned long)&_end;
__initdata unsigned long _brk_end   = (unsigned long)&_end;

That way it's available from the first instruction, and we can fully
remove the x86-32 init_pg_tables_end and replace it with _brk_end (thus
putting the initial page tables in the brk.)

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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