1fa8c4b195
Add support for the R_ARM_ALU_PC_Gn_NC and R_ARM_LDR_PC_G2 group
relocations [0] so we can use them in modules. These will be used to
load the current task pointer from a global variable without having to
rely on a literal pool entry to carry the address of this variable,
which may have a significant negative impact on cache utilization for
variables that are used often and in many different places, as each
occurrence will result in a literal pool entry and therefore a line in
the D-cache.
[0] 'ELF for the ARM architecture'
https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/releases
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com> # ARMv7M
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.