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/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)