[PATCH] x86_64: Let impossible CPUs point to reference per cpu data

Hack for 2.6.16. In 2.6.17 all code that uses NR_CPUs should
be audited and changed to only touch possible CPUs.

Don't mark the reference per cpu data init data (so it stays
around after boot) and point all impossible CPUs to it. This way
they reference some valid - although shared memory. Usually
this is only initialization like INIT_LIST_HEADs and there
won't be races because these CPUs never run. Still somewhat hackish.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 59316d1c1d8412f343fe9cd111a4520a86a50000..74db0062d4a2cac4a0e832424969c5cb91d72fda 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -172,13 +172,15 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __initramfs_start = .;
   .init.ramfs : AT(ADDR(.init.ramfs) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.init.ramfs) }
-  __initramfs_end = .; 
+  __initramfs_end = .;
+  /* temporary here to work around NR_CPUS. If you see this comment in 2.6.17+
+   complain */
+  . = ALIGN(4096);     
+  __init_end = .;      
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   __per_cpu_start = .;
   .data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.data.percpu) }
   __per_cpu_end = .;
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __init_end = .;
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __nosave_begin = .;