On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Kai Germaschewski wrote:
> But I think, I found a solution: Don't use .text.lock for the out-of-line
> code, use .text 1 (subsection 1) instead. This will put the out-of-line
> code out of line, but into the same section - case solved ;-)
So here's the patch (i386 only). Appears to work.
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds Mon Jul 2 23:40:14 2001
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds Sun Dec 23 23:41:51 2001
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
*(.fixup)
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x9090
- .text.lock : { *(.text.lock) } /* out-of-line lock text */
_etext = .; /* End of text section */
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/rwlock.h linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/rwlock.h
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/rwlock.h Fri Sep 22 23:07:43 2000
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/rwlock.h Sun Dec 23 23:08:22 2001
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
asm volatile(LOCK "subl $1,(%0)\n\t" \
"js 2f\n" \
"1:\n" \
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
+ ".subsection 1\n" \
"2:\tcall " helper "\n\t" \
"jmp 1b\n" \
".previous" \
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
asm volatile(LOCK "subl $1,%0\n\t" \
"js 2f\n" \
"1:\n" \
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
+ ".subsection 1\n" \
"2:\tpushl %%eax\n\t" \
"leal %0,%%eax\n\t" \
"call " helper "\n\t" \
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
asm volatile(LOCK "subl $" RW_LOCK_BIAS_STR ",(%0)\n\t" \
"jnz 2f\n" \
"1:\n" \
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
+ ".subsection 1\n" \
"2:\tcall " helper "\n\t" \
"jmp 1b\n" \
".previous" \
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
asm volatile(LOCK "subl $" RW_LOCK_BIAS_STR ",(%0)\n\t" \
"jnz 2f\n" \
"1:\n" \
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
+ ".subsection 1\n" \
"2:\tpushl %%eax\n\t" \
"leal %0,%%eax\n\t" \
"call " helper "\n\t" \
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/rwsem.h linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/rwsem.h
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/rwsem.h Sun Dec 23 23:03:21 2001
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/rwsem.h Sun Dec 23 23:39:05 2001
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
LOCK_PREFIX " incl (%%eax)\n\t" /* adds 0x00000001, returns the old value */
" js 2f\n\t" /* jump if we weren't granted the lock */
"1:\n\t"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\n\t"
" pushl %%ecx\n\t"
" pushl %%edx\n\t"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
" testl %0,%0\n\t" /* was the count 0 before? */
" jnz 2f\n\t" /* jump if we weren't granted the lock */
"1:\n\t"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\n\t"
" pushl %%ecx\n\t"
" call rwsem_down_write_failed\n\t"
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
LOCK_PREFIX " xadd %%edx,(%%eax)\n\t" /* subtracts 1, returns the old value */
" js 2f\n\t" /* jump if the lock is being waited upon */
"1:\n\t"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\n\t"
" decw %%dx\n\t" /* do nothing if still outstanding active readers */
" jnz 1b\n\t"
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
LOCK_PREFIX " xaddl %%edx,(%%eax)\n\t" /* tries to transition 0xffff0001 -> 0x00000000 */
" jnz 2f\n\t" /* jump if the lock is being waited upon */
"1:\n\t"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\n\t"
" decw %%dx\n\t" /* did the active count reduce to 0? */
" jnz 1b\n\t" /* jump back if not */
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/semaphore.h linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/semaphore.h
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/semaphore.h Sun Dec 23 23:03:21 2001
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/semaphore.h Sun Dec 23 23:39:05 2001
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
LOCK "decl %0\n\t" /* --sem->count */
"js 2f\n"
"1:\n"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\tcall __down_failed\n\t"
"jmp 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
"js 2f\n\t"
"xorl %0,%0\n"
"1:\n"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\tcall __down_failed_interruptible\n\t"
"jmp 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
"js 2f\n\t"
"xorl %0,%0\n"
"1:\n"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\tcall __down_failed_trylock\n\t"
"jmp 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
LOCK "incl %0\n\t" /* ++sem->count */
"jle 2f\n"
"1:\n"
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
+ ".subsection 1\n"
"2:\tcall __up_wakeup\n\t"
"jmp 1b\n"
".previous"
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/softirq.h linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/softirq.h
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/softirq.h Sun Dec 23 23:03:22 2001
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/softirq.h Sun Dec 23 23:39:05 2001
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
"jnz 2f;" \
"1:;" \
\
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\";" \
+ ".subsection 1;" \
"2: pushl %%eax; pushl %%ecx; pushl %%edx;" \
"call %c1;" \
"popl %%edx; popl %%ecx; popl %%eax;" \
diff -X excl -urN linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h
--- linux-2.5.2-pre1.patches/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h Thu Dec 20 23:36:25 2001
+++ linux-2.5.2-pre1.work/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h Sun Dec 23 23:39:04 2001
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
"\n1:\t" \
"lock ; decb %0\n\t" \
"js 2f\n" \
- ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n" \
+ ".subsection 1\n" \
"2:\t" \
"cmpb $0,%0\n\t" \
"rep;nop\n\t" \
-
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