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<title>Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T21:59:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2012-06-08T21:59:29+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: Fix the relax_domain_level boot parameter
  sched: Validate assumptions in sched_init_numa()
  sched: Always initialize cpu-power
  sched: Fix domain iteration
  sched/rt: Fix lockdep annotation within find_lock_lowest_rq()
  sched/numa: Load balance between remote nodes
  sched/x86: Calculate booted cores after construction of sibling_mask
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: Fix the relax_domain_level boot parameter
  sched: Validate assumptions in sched_init_numa()
  sched: Always initialize cpu-power
  sched: Fix domain iteration
  sched/rt: Fix lockdep annotation within find_lock_lowest_rq()
  sched/numa: Load balance between remote nodes
  sched/x86: Calculate booted cores after construction of sibling_mask
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T18:06:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-08T18:06:01+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fixes from Paul Mackerras:
 "Two small fixes for powerpc:
   - a fix for a regression since 3.2 that causes 4-second (or longer)
     pauses
   - a fix for a potential oops when loading kernel modules on 32-bit
     embedded systems."

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc:
  powerpc: Fix kernel panic during kernel module load
  powerpc/time: Sanity check of decrementer expiration is necessary
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Pull powerpc fixes from Paul Mackerras:
 "Two small fixes for powerpc:
   - a fix for a regression since 3.2 that causes 4-second (or longer)
     pauses
   - a fix for a potential oops when loading kernel modules on 32-bit
     embedded systems."

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc:
  powerpc: Fix kernel panic during kernel module load
  powerpc/time: Sanity check of decrementer expiration is necessary
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T16:26:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-08T16:26:55+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit
  x86/uv: Fix UV2 BAU legacy mode
  x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space
  x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image
  x86/ioapic: Fix NULL pointer dereference on CPU hotplug after disabling irqs
  x86/reboot: Fix a warning message triggered by stop_other_cpus()
  x86/intel/moorestown: Change intel_scu_devices_create() to __devinit
  x86/numa: Set numa_nodes_parsed at acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init()
  x86/gart: Fix kmemleak warning
  x86: mce: Add the dropped timer interval init back
  x86/mce: Fix the MCE poll timer logic
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Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar.

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit
  x86/uv: Fix UV2 BAU legacy mode
  x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space
  x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image
  x86/ioapic: Fix NULL pointer dereference on CPU hotplug after disabling irqs
  x86/reboot: Fix a warning message triggered by stop_other_cpus()
  x86/intel/moorestown: Change intel_scu_devices_create() to __devinit
  x86/numa: Set numa_nodes_parsed at acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init()
  x86/gart: Fix kmemleak warning
  x86: mce: Add the dropped timer interval init back
  x86/mce: Fix the MCE poll timer logic
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T16:14:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-08T16:14:46+00:00</published>
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Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "A bit larger than what I'd wish for - half of it is due to hw driver
  updates to Intel Ivy-Bridge which info got recently released,
  cycles:pp should work there now too, amongst other things.  (but we
  are generally making exceptions for hardware enablement of this type.)

  There are also callchain fixes in it - responding to mostly
  theoretical (but valid) concerns.  The tooling side sports perf.data
  endianness/portability fixes which did not make it for the merge
  window - and various other fixes as well."

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  perf/x86: Check user address explicitly in copy_from_user_nmi()
  perf/x86: Check if user fp is valid
  perf: Limit callchains to 127
  perf/x86: Allow multiple stacks
  perf/x86: Update SNB PEBS constraints
  perf/x86: Enable/Add IvyBridge hardware support
  perf/x86: Implement cycles:p for SNB/IVB
  perf/x86: Fix Intel shared extra MSR allocation
  x86/decoder: Fix bsr/bsf/jmpe decoding with operand-size prefix
  perf: Remove duplicate invocation on perf_event_for_each
  perf uprobes: Remove unnecessary check before strlist__delete
  perf symbols: Check for valid dso before creating map
  perf evsel: Fix 32 bit values endianity swap for sample_id_all header
  perf session: Handle endianity swap on sample_id_all header data
  perf symbols: Handle different endians properly during symbol load
  perf evlist: Pass third argument to ioctl explicitly
  perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP
  perf tools: Make --version show kernel version instead of pull req tag
  perf tools: Check if callchain is corrupted
  perf callchain: Make callchain cursors TLS
  ...
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Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "A bit larger than what I'd wish for - half of it is due to hw driver
  updates to Intel Ivy-Bridge which info got recently released,
  cycles:pp should work there now too, amongst other things.  (but we
  are generally making exceptions for hardware enablement of this type.)

  There are also callchain fixes in it - responding to mostly
  theoretical (but valid) concerns.  The tooling side sports perf.data
  endianness/portability fixes which did not make it for the merge
  window - and various other fixes as well."

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  perf/x86: Check user address explicitly in copy_from_user_nmi()
  perf/x86: Check if user fp is valid
  perf: Limit callchains to 127
  perf/x86: Allow multiple stacks
  perf/x86: Update SNB PEBS constraints
  perf/x86: Enable/Add IvyBridge hardware support
  perf/x86: Implement cycles:p for SNB/IVB
  perf/x86: Fix Intel shared extra MSR allocation
  x86/decoder: Fix bsr/bsf/jmpe decoding with operand-size prefix
  perf: Remove duplicate invocation on perf_event_for_each
  perf uprobes: Remove unnecessary check before strlist__delete
  perf symbols: Check for valid dso before creating map
  perf evsel: Fix 32 bit values endianity swap for sample_id_all header
  perf session: Handle endianity swap on sample_id_all header data
  perf symbols: Handle different endians properly during symbol load
  perf evlist: Pass third argument to ioctl explicitly
  perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP
  perf tools: Make --version show kernel version instead of pull req tag
  perf tools: Check if callchain is corrupted
  perf callchain: Make callchain cursors TLS
  ...
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<entry>
<title>x86/nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T10:19:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Don Zickus</name>
<email>dzickus@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-06T14:05:42+00:00</published>
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It was reported that compiling for 32-bit caused a bunch of
section mismatch warnings:

 VDSOSYM arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syms.lds
  LD      arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o
  LD      arch/x86/built-in.o

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5af0): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 to
 the function .init.text:test_nmi_ipi_callback() [...]

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5b04): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 to the function
 .init.text:nmi_unk_cb() The variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399
 references the function __init nmi_unk_cb() [...]

Both of these are attributed to the internal representation of
the nmiaction struct created during register_nmi_handler.  The
reason for this is that those structs are not defined in the
init section whereas the rest of the code in nmi_selftest.c is.

To resolve this, I created a new #define,
register_nmi_handler_initonly, that tags the struct as
__initdata to resolve the mismatch.  This #define should only be
used in rare situations where the register/unregister is called
during init of the kernel.

Big thanks to Jan Beulich for decoding this for me as I didn't
have a clue what was going on.

Reported-by: Witold Baryluk &lt;baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl&gt;
Tested-by: Witold Baryluk &lt;baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl&gt;
Cc: Jan Beulich &lt;JBeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338991542-23000-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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It was reported that compiling for 32-bit caused a bunch of
section mismatch warnings:

 VDSOSYM arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syms.lds
  LD      arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o
  LD      arch/x86/built-in.o

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5af0): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 to
 the function .init.text:test_nmi_ipi_callback() [...]

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5b04): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 to the function
 .init.text:nmi_unk_cb() The variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399
 references the function __init nmi_unk_cb() [...]

Both of these are attributed to the internal representation of
the nmiaction struct created during register_nmi_handler.  The
reason for this is that those structs are not defined in the
init section whereas the rest of the code in nmi_selftest.c is.

To resolve this, I created a new #define,
register_nmi_handler_initonly, that tags the struct as
__initdata to resolve the mismatch.  This #define should only be
used in rare situations where the register/unregister is called
during init of the kernel.

Big thanks to Jan Beulich for decoding this for me as I didn't
have a clue what was going on.

Reported-by: Witold Baryluk &lt;baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl&gt;
Tested-by: Witold Baryluk &lt;baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl&gt;
Cc: Jan Beulich &lt;JBeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338991542-23000-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Fix kernel panic during kernel module load</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T09:59:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steffen Rumler</name>
<email>steffen.rumler.ext@nsn.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-06T14:37:17+00:00</published>
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This fixes a problem which can causes kernel oopses while loading
a kernel module.

According to the PowerPC EABI specification, GPR r11 is assigned
the dedicated function to point to the previous stack frame.
In the powerpc-specific kernel module loader, do_plt_call()
(in arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c), GPR r11 is also used
to generate trampoline code.

This combination crashes the kernel, in the case where the compiler
chooses to use a helper function for saving GPRs on entry, and the
module loader has placed the .init.text section far away from the
.text section, meaning that it has to generate a trampoline for
functions in the .init.text section to call the GPR save helper.
Because the trampoline trashes r11, references to the stack frame
using r11 can cause an oops.

The fix just uses GPR r12 instead of GPR r11 for generating the
trampoline code.  According to the statements from Freescale, this is
safe from an EABI perspective.

I've tested the fix for kernel 2.6.33 on MPC8541.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Steffen Rumler &lt;steffen.rumler.ext@nsn.com&gt;
[paulus@samba.org: reworded the description]
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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This fixes a problem which can causes kernel oopses while loading
a kernel module.

According to the PowerPC EABI specification, GPR r11 is assigned
the dedicated function to point to the previous stack frame.
In the powerpc-specific kernel module loader, do_plt_call()
(in arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c), GPR r11 is also used
to generate trampoline code.

This combination crashes the kernel, in the case where the compiler
chooses to use a helper function for saving GPRs on entry, and the
module loader has placed the .init.text section far away from the
.text section, meaning that it has to generate a trampoline for
functions in the .init.text section to call the GPR save helper.
Because the trampoline trashes r11, references to the stack frame
using r11 can cause an oops.

The fix just uses GPR r12 instead of GPR r11 for generating the
trampoline code.  According to the statements from Freescale, this is
safe from an EABI perspective.

I've tested the fix for kernel 2.6.33 on MPC8541.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Steffen Rumler &lt;steffen.rumler.ext@nsn.com&gt;
[paulus@samba.org: reworded the description]
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/uv: Fix UV2 BAU legacy mode</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T09:48:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cliff Wickman</name>
<email>cpw@sgi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-07T13:31:40+00:00</published>
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The SGI Altix UV2 BAU (Broadcast Assist Unit) as used for
tlb-shootdown (selective broadcast mode) always uses UV2
broadcast descriptor format. There is no need to clear the
'legacy' (UV1) mode, because the hardware always uses UV2 mode
for selective broadcast.

But the BIOS uses general broadcast and legacy mode, and the
hardware pays attention to the legacy mode bit for general
broadcast. So the kernel must not clear that mode bit.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman &lt;cpw@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E1SccoO-0002Lh-Cb@eag09.americas.sgi.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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The SGI Altix UV2 BAU (Broadcast Assist Unit) as used for
tlb-shootdown (selective broadcast mode) always uses UV2
broadcast descriptor format. There is no need to clear the
'legacy' (UV1) mode, because the hardware always uses UV2 mode
for selective broadcast.

But the BIOS uses general broadcast and legacy mode, and the
hardware pays attention to the legacy mode bit for general
broadcast. So the kernel must not clear that mode bit.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman &lt;cpw@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E1SccoO-0002Lh-Cb@eag09.americas.sgi.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T09:40:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yinghai Lu</name>
<email>yinghai@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-06T17:55:40+00:00</published>
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Robin found this regression:

| I just tried to boot an 8TB system.  It fails very early in boot with:
| Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find space for the kernel page tables

git bisect commit 722bc6b16771ed80871e1fd81c86d3627dda2ac8.

A git revert of that commit does boot past that point on the 8TB
configuration.

That commit will add up extra pages for all memory range even
above 4g.

Try to limit that extra page count adding to first entry only.

Bisected-by: Robin Holt &lt;holt@sgi.com&gt;
Tested-by: Robin Holt &lt;holt@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu &lt;yinghai@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: WANG Cong &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAE9FiQUj3wyzQxtq9yzBNc9u220p8JZ1FYHG7t%3DMOzJ%3D9BZMYA@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Robin found this regression:

| I just tried to boot an 8TB system.  It fails very early in boot with:
| Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find space for the kernel page tables

git bisect commit 722bc6b16771ed80871e1fd81c86d3627dda2ac8.

A git revert of that commit does boot past that point on the 8TB
configuration.

That commit will add up extra pages for all memory range even
above 4g.

Try to limit that extra page count adding to first entry only.

Bisected-by: Robin Holt &lt;holt@sgi.com&gt;
Tested-by: Robin Holt &lt;holt@sgi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu &lt;yinghai@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: WANG Cong &lt;xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAE9FiQUj3wyzQxtq9yzBNc9u220p8JZ1FYHG7t%3DMOzJ%3D9BZMYA@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/time: Sanity check of decrementer expiration is necessary</title>
<updated>2012-06-08T04:07:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Mackerras</name>
<email>paulus@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-01T08:13:43+00:00</published>
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This reverts 68568add2c ("powerpc/time: Remove unnecessary sanity check
of decrementer expiration").  We do need to check whether we have reached
the expiration time of the next event, because we sometimes get an early
decrementer interrupt, most notably when we set the decrementer to 1 in
arch_irq_work_raise().  The effect of not having the sanity check is that
if timer_interrupt() gets called early, we leave the decrementer set to
its maximum value, which means we then don't get any more decrementer
interrupts for about 4 seconds (or longer, depending on timebase
frequency).  I saw these pauses as a consequence of getting a stray
hypervisor decrementer interrupt left over from exiting a KVM guest.

This isn't quite a straight revert because of changes to the surrounding
code, but it restores the same algorithm as was previously used.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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This reverts 68568add2c ("powerpc/time: Remove unnecessary sanity check
of decrementer expiration").  We do need to check whether we have reached
the expiration time of the next event, because we sometimes get an early
decrementer interrupt, most notably when we set the decrementer to 1 in
arch_irq_work_raise().  The effect of not having the sanity check is that
if timer_interrupt() gets called early, we leave the decrementer set to
its maximum value, which means we then don't get any more decrementer
interrupts for about 4 seconds (or longer, depending on timebase
frequency).  I saw these pauses as a consequence of getting a stray
hypervisor decrementer interrupt left over from exiting a KVM guest.

This isn't quite a straight revert because of changes to the surrounding
code, but it restores the same algorithm as was previously used.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<title>x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image</title>
<updated>2012-06-07T16:52:33+00:00</updated>
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<name>Jordan Justen</name>
<email>jordan.l.justen@intel.com</email>
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<published>2012-06-07T16:05:21+00:00</published>
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Some UEFI firmware will not load a .efi with a .reloc section
with a size of 0.

Therefore, we create a .efi image with 4 main areas and 3 sections.
1. PE/COFF file header
2. .setup section (covers all setup code following the first sector)
3. .reloc section (contains 1 dummy reloc entry, created in build.c)
4. .text section (covers the remaining kernel image)

To make room for the new .setup section data, the header
bugger_off_msg had to be shortened.

Reported-by: Henrik Rydberg &lt;rydberg@euromail.se&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen &lt;jordan.l.justen@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1339085121-12760-1-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com
Tested-by: Lee G Rosenbaum &lt;lee.g.rosenbaum@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Henrik Rydberg &lt;rydberg@euromail.se&gt;
Cc: Matt Fleming &lt;matt.fleming@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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Some UEFI firmware will not load a .efi with a .reloc section
with a size of 0.

Therefore, we create a .efi image with 4 main areas and 3 sections.
1. PE/COFF file header
2. .setup section (covers all setup code following the first sector)
3. .reloc section (contains 1 dummy reloc entry, created in build.c)
4. .text section (covers the remaining kernel image)

To make room for the new .setup section data, the header
bugger_off_msg had to be shortened.

Reported-by: Henrik Rydberg &lt;rydberg@euromail.se&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen &lt;jordan.l.justen@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1339085121-12760-1-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com
Tested-by: Lee G Rosenbaum &lt;lee.g.rosenbaum@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Henrik Rydberg &lt;rydberg@euromail.se&gt;
Cc: Matt Fleming &lt;matt.fleming@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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