x86-32: use brk segment for allocating initial kernel pagetable
Impact: use new interface instead of previous ad hoc implementation
Rather than having special purpose init_pg_table_start/end variables
to delimit the kernel pagetable built by head_32.S, just use the brk
mechanism to extend the bss for the new pagetable.
This patch removes init_pg_table_start/end and pg0, defines __brk_base
(which is page-aligned and immediately follows _end), initializes
the brk region to start there, and uses it for the 32-bit pagetable.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
index 29f1095..3f8579f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
reserve_early(ramdisk_image, ramdisk_end, "RAMDISK");
}
#endif
- reserve_early(init_pg_tables_start, init_pg_tables_end,
- "INIT_PG_TABLE");
-
reserve_ebda_region();
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index c32ca19..db66527 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
/*
* Initialize page tables. This creates a PDE and a set of page
* tables, which are located immediately beyond _end. The variable
- * init_pg_tables_end is set up to point to the first "safe" location.
+ * _brk_end is set up to point to the first "safe" location.
* Mappings are created both at virtual address 0 (identity mapping)
* and PAGE_OFFSET for up to _end+sizeof(page tables)+INIT_MAP_BEYOND_END.
*
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@
xorl %ebx,%ebx /* %ebx is kept at zero */
- movl $pa(pg0), %edi
- movl %edi, pa(init_pg_tables_start)
+ movl $pa(__brk_base), %edi
movl $pa(swapper_pg_pmd), %edx
movl $PTE_IDENT_ATTR, %eax
10:
@@ -216,7 +215,8 @@
cmpl %ebp,%eax
jb 10b
1:
- movl %edi,pa(init_pg_tables_end)
+ addl $__PAGE_OFFSET, %edi
+ movl %edi, pa(_brk_end)
shrl $12, %eax
movl %eax, pa(max_pfn_mapped)
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@
page_pde_offset = (__PAGE_OFFSET >> 20);
- movl $pa(pg0), %edi
- movl %edi, pa(init_pg_tables_start)
+ movl $pa(__brk_base), %edi
movl $pa(swapper_pg_dir), %edx
movl $PTE_IDENT_ATTR, %eax
10:
@@ -249,7 +248,8 @@
leal (INIT_MAP_BEYOND_END+PTE_IDENT_ATTR)(%edi),%ebp
cmpl %ebp,%eax
jb 10b
- movl %edi,pa(init_pg_tables_end)
+ addl $__PAGE_OFFSET, %edi
+ movl %edi, pa(_brk_end)
shrl $12, %eax
movl %eax, pa(max_pfn_mapped)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index b832902..3ac2aa7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-/* This value is set up by the early boot code to point to the value
- immediately after the boot time page tables. It contains a *physical*
- address, and must not be in the .bss segment! */
-unsigned long init_pg_tables_start __initdata = ~0UL;
-unsigned long init_pg_tables_end __initdata = ~0UL;
-
static struct resource video_ram_resource = {
.name = "Video RAM area",
.start = 0xa0000,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index 27e44aa..1063fbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -196,10 +196,6 @@
__brk_limit = . ;
_end = . ;
-
- /* This is where the kernel creates the early boot page tables */
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- pg0 = . ;
}
/* Sections to be discarded */