From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc2] [RFD] Text section for "slow" code
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:39:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200507092341_MC3-1-A40A-8EA@compuserve.com> (raw)
I came up with this patch for moving slow code to its own section, but
some questions arose:
1. How to implement for each arch?
2. What name to use for the text section?
Patch for X86 and PPC follows, then a test patch for i386 to show it
boots and runs.
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
SCHED_TEXT
LOCK_TEXT
*(.fixup)
+ *(.slow.text)
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x9090
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
SCHED_TEXT
LOCK_TEXT
*(.fixup)
+ *(.slow.text)
*(.got1)
__got2_start = .;
*(.got2)
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
SCHED_TEXT
LOCK_TEXT
*(.fixup)
+ *(.slow.text)
. = ALIGN(4096);
_etext = .;
}
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
SCHED_TEXT
LOCK_TEXT
*(.fixup)
+ *(.slow.text)
*(.gnu.warning)
} = 0x9090
/* out-of-line lock text */
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/include/linux/compiler.h
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@
# error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
#endif
+/* Text section for code that is not speed-critical.
+ * Temporary hack includes arch-specific test in generic header.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_PPC)
+# define __slow noinline __attribute__((__section__(".slow.text")))
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(__slow)
+# define __slow noinline
+#endif
+
/* Intel compiler defines __GNUC__. So we will overwrite implementations
* coming from above header files here
*/
=======================================================================================
Test patch:
Index: 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc2a.orig/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
+++ 2.6.13-rc2a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
* /proc/interrupts printing:
*/
-int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
+int __slow show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
{
int i = *(loff_t *) v, j;
struct irqaction * action;
--
Chuck
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