From 8c49d9a74bac5ea3f18480307057241b808fcc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:31:24 -0400 Subject: x86-64: Clean up vdso/kernel shared variables Variables that are shared between the vdso and the kernel are currently a bit of a mess. They are each defined with their own magic, they are accessed differently in the kernel, the vsyscall page, and the vdso, and one of them (vsyscall_clock) doesn't even really exist. This changes them all to use a common mechanism. All of them are delcared in vvar.h with a fixed address (validated by the linker script). In the kernel (as before), they look like ordinary read-write variables. In the vsyscall page and the vdso, they are accessed through a new macro VVAR, which gives read-only access. The vdso is now loaded verbatim into memory without any fixups. As a side bonus, access from the vdso is faster because a level of indirection is removed. While we're at it, pack jiffies and vgetcpu_mode into the same cacheline. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Borislav Petkov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3C7357882fbb51fa30491636a7b6528747301b7ee9.1306156808.git.luto%40mit.edu%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/time.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/time.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c index 25a28a245937..00cbb272627f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ #include #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 -volatile unsigned long __jiffies __section_jiffies = INITIAL_JIFFIES; +DEFINE_VVAR(volatile unsigned long, jiffies) = INITIAL_JIFFIES; #endif unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs) -- cgit v1.2.3