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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] vmlinux.lds.h: allow people to set a smaller rootfs alignment
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On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 at around 14:14:45 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Add a new INIT_RAMFS() define to compliment the existing INIT_RAM_FS, but
> this one lets people control the alignment.
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index 48c5299..9ca268f 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -619,14 +619,15 @@
> VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_end) = .;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> -#define INIT_RAM_FS \
> - . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); \
> +#define INIT_RAMFS(align) \
> + . = ALIGN(align); \
> VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_start) = .; \
> *(.init.ramfs) \
> VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_end) = .;
> #else
> -#define INIT_RAM_FS
> +#define INIT_RAMFS(align)
> #endif
> +#define INIT_RAM_FS INIT_RAMFS(PAGE_SIZE)
>

[ and patch 2/2 calls the new macro with align 4, for only blackfin ].

Mike,
As you identified, the alignment for the __initramfs is too large.

As can be seen by the grammer of the INIT_RAM_FS in [1], the section
itself always requires alignment of exactly 4 [2].

I realize it requires a bit more auditing and cordination, but we
should really just change the macro to align to 4.

[1] Documentation/early-userspace/buffer-format.txt,
[2] for the general case; as compressed fragments are aligin(1)

milton


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