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    [PATCH] ppc64: dynamically allocate segment tables · 533f0817
    David Gibson authored
    PPC64 machines before Power4 need a segment table page allocated for each
    CPU.  Currently these are allocated statically in a big array in head.S for
    all CPUs.  The segment tables need to be in the first segment (so
    do_stab_bolted doesn't take a recursive fault on the stab itself), but
    other than that there are no constraints which require the stabs for the
    secondary CPUs to be statically allocated.
    
    This patch allocates segment tables dynamically during boot, using
    lmb_alloc() to ensure they are within the first 256M segment.  This reduces
    the kernel image size by 192k...
    
    Tested on RS64 iSeries, POWER3 pSeries, and POWER5.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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