Merge branch 'akpm-current/current'

[deliverable/linux.git] / arch / arm64 / kernel / vmlinux.lds.S

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fe7f93b7b11bde71441799d8ef90f3e2671f8a4b..1105aab1e6d6af4be3f88c0ee22d4cfafd5c5ce6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -186,6 +186,25 @@ SECTIONS
        _data = .;
        _sdata = .;
        RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+
+       /*
+        * Data written with the MMU off but read with the MMU on requires
+        * cache lines to be invalidated, discarding up to a Cache Writeback
+        * Granule (CWG) of data from the cache. Keep the section that
+        * requires this type of maintenance to be in its own Cache Writeback
+        * Granule (CWG) area so the cache maintenance operations don't
+        * interfere with adjacent data.
+        */
+       .mmuoff.data.write : ALIGN(SZ_2K) {
+               __mmuoff_data_start = .;
+               *(.mmuoff.data.write)
+       }
+       . = ALIGN(SZ_2K);
+       .mmuoff.data.read : {
+               *(.mmuoff.data.read)
+               __mmuoff_data_end = .;
+       }
+
        PECOFF_EDATA_PADDING
        _edata = .;