Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86-64, vdso: Do not allocate memory for the vDSO
  clocksource: Change __ARCH_HAS_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA to a CONFIG option
  x86, vdso: Drop now wrong comment
  Document the vDSO and add a reference parser
  ia64: Replace clocksource.fsys_mmio with generic arch data
  x86-64: Move vread_tsc and vread_hpet into the vDSO
  clocksource: Replace vread with generic arch data
  x86-64: Add --no-undefined to vDSO build
  x86-64: Allow alternative patching in the vDSO
  x86: Make alternative instruction pointers relative
  x86-64: Improve vsyscall emulation CS and RIP handling
  x86-64: Emulate legacy vsyscalls
  x86-64: Fill unused parts of the vsyscall page with 0xcc
  x86-64: Remove vsyscall number 3 (venosys)
  x86-64: Map the HPET NX
  x86-64: Remove kernel.vsyscall64 sysctl
  x86-64: Give vvars their own page
  x86-64: Document some of entry_64.S
  x86-64: Fix alignment of jiffies variable
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Linus Torvalds
2011-07-22 17:05:15 -07:00
41 changed files with 946 additions and 397 deletions

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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/dwarf2.h>
#include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
ALIGN
copy_page_c:
@@ -110,10 +111,6 @@ ENDPROC(copy_page)
2:
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.section .altinstructions,"a"
.align 8
.quad copy_page
.quad 1b
.word X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD
.byte .Lcopy_page_end - copy_page
.byte 2b - 1b
altinstruction_entry copy_page, 1b, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, \
.Lcopy_page_end-copy_page, 2b-1b
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/dwarf2.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
#undef memmove
@@ -214,11 +215,9 @@ ENTRY(memmove)
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.section .altinstructions,"a"
.align 8
.quad .Lmemmove_begin_forward
.quad .Lmemmove_begin_forward_efs
.word X86_FEATURE_ERMS
.byte .Lmemmove_end_forward-.Lmemmove_begin_forward
.byte .Lmemmove_end_forward_efs-.Lmemmove_begin_forward_efs
altinstruction_entry .Lmemmove_begin_forward, \
.Lmemmove_begin_forward_efs,X86_FEATURE_ERMS, \
.Lmemmove_end_forward-.Lmemmove_begin_forward, \
.Lmemmove_end_forward_efs-.Lmemmove_begin_forward_efs
.previous
ENDPROC(memmove)