x86, doc: Adding comments about .iommu_table and its neighbors.
Updating the linker section with comments about .iommu_table and some other ones that I know of. CC: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> CC: Fujita Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> LKML-Reference: <1282933173-19960-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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__x86_cpu_dev_end = .;
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}
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/*
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* start address and size of operations which during runtime
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* can be patched with virtualization friendly instructions or
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* baremetal native ones. Think page table operations.
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* Details in paravirt_types.h
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*/
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. = ALIGN(8);
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.parainstructions : AT(ADDR(.parainstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
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__parainstructions = .;
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__parainstructions_end = .;
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}
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/*
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* struct alt_inst entries. From the header (alternative.h):
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* "Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities"
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* Think locking instructions on spinlocks.
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*/
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. = ALIGN(8);
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.altinstructions : AT(ADDR(.altinstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
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__alt_instructions = .;
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__alt_instructions_end = .;
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}
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/*
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* And here are the replacement instructions. The linker sticks
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* them as binary blobs. The .altinstructions has enough data to
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* get the address and the length of them to patch the kernel safely.
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*/
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.altinstr_replacement : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_replacement) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
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*(.altinstr_replacement)
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}
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/*
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* struct iommu_table_entry entries are injected in this section.
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* It is an array of IOMMUs which during run time gets sorted depending
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* on its dependency order. After rootfs_initcall is complete
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* this section can be safely removed.
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*/
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.iommu_table : AT(ADDR(.iommu_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
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__iommu_table = .;
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*(.iommu_table)
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