From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 31, 2006 8:01:16 PM EST
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-
kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Eliminate "exceeds stub group size"
linker warning
It turns out that the linker warnings on 64-bit powerpc about "section
blah exceeds stub group size" were being triggered by conditional
branches in head_64.S branching to global symbols, whether in
head_64.S or in other files. This eliminates the warnings by making
some global symbols in head_64.S no longer global, and by rearranging
some branches.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Linus,
If you think this is 2.6.19 material, feel free to put it in your
tree. Otherwise I'll put it in the powerpc.git tree to go in for
2.6.20.
Paul.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/
head_64.S
index 47fcff1..c005f15 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
rlwimi r13,r12,16,0x20
mfcr r12
cmpwi r13,0x2c
- beq .do_stab_bolted_pSeries
+ beq do_stab_bolted_pSeries
mtcrf 0x80,r12
mfspr r12,SPRN_SPRG2
END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_SLB)
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ masked_interrupt:
b .
.align 7
-_GLOBAL(do_stab_bolted_pSeries)
+do_stab_bolted_pSeries:
mtcrf 0x80,r12
mfspr r12,SPRN_SPRG2
EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES(PACA_EXSLB, .do_stab_bolted)
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ slb_miss_fault:
li r5,0
std r4,_DAR(r1)
std r5,_DSISR(r1)
- b .handle_page_fault
+ b handle_page_fault
unrecov_user_slb:
EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0x4200, PACA_EXGEN)
@@ -1218,12 +1218,13 @@ program_check_common:
.globl fp_unavailable_common
fp_unavailable_common:
EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0x800, PACA_EXGEN)
- bne .load_up_fpu /* if from user, just load it up */
+ bne 1f /* if from user, just load it up */
bl .save_nvgprs
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
ENABLE_INTS
bl .kernel_fp_unavailable_exception
BUG_OPCODE
+1: b .load_up_fpu
.align 7
.globl altivec_unavailable_common
@@ -1323,10 +1324,10 @@ _GLOBAL(do_hash_page)
std r4,_DSISR(r1)
andis. r0,r4,0xa450 /* weird error? */
- bne- .handle_page_fault /* if not, try to insert a HPTE */
+ bne- handle_page_fault /* if not, try to insert a HPTE */
BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
andis. r0,r4,0x0020 /* Is it a segment table fault? */
- bne- .do_ste_alloc /* If so handle it */
+ bne- do_ste_alloc /* If so handle it */
END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_SLB)
/*
@@ -1368,7 +1369,7 @@ BEGIN_FW_FTR_SECTION
* because ret_from_except_lite will check for and handle pending
* interrupts if necessary.
*/
- beq .ret_from_except_lite
+ beq 14f
END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)
#endif
BEGIN_FW_FTR_SECTION
@@ -1390,16 +1391,17 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(FW_FEATURE_ISER
ld r3,SOFTE(r1)
bl .local_irq_restore
b 11f
+14: b .ret_from_except_lite
/* Here we have a page fault that hash_page can't handle. */
-_GLOBAL(handle_page_fault)
+handle_page_fault:
ENABLE_INTS
11: ld r4,_DAR(r1)
ld r5,_DSISR(r1)
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
bl .do_page_fault
cmpdi r3,0
- beq+ .ret_from_except_lite
+ beq+ 14b
bl .save_nvgprs
mr r5,r3
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
@@ -1417,11 +1419,11 @@ _GLOBAL(handle_page_fault)
b .ret_from_except
/* here we have a segment miss */
-_GLOBAL(do_ste_alloc)
+do_ste_alloc:
bl .ste_allocate /* try to insert stab entry */
cmpdi r3,0
- beq+ fast_exception_return
- b .handle_page_fault
+ bne- handle_page_fault
+ b fast_exception_return
/*
* r13 points to the PACA, r9 contains the saved CR,
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