From 3ddfda11861d305b02ed810b522dcf48b74ca808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yinghai Lu Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:49:43 -0700 Subject: generic: add dyn_array support Allow crazy big arrays via bootmem at init stage. Architectures use CONFIG_HAVE_DYN_ARRAY to enable it. usage: | static struct irq_desc irq_desc_init __initdata = { | .status = IRQ_DISABLED, | .chip = &no_irq_chip, | .handle_irq = handle_bad_irq, | .depth = 1, | .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(irq_desc->lock), | #ifdef CONFIG_SMP | .affinity = CPU_MASK_ALL | #endif | }; | | static void __init init_work(void *data) | { | struct dyn_array *da = data; | struct irq_desc *desc; | int i; | | desc = *da->name; | | for (i = 0; i < *da->nr; i++) | memcpy(&desc[i], &irq_desc_init, sizeof(struct irq_desc)); | } | | struct irq_desc *irq_desc; | DEFINE_DYN_ARRAY(irq_desc, sizeof(struct irq_desc), nr_irqs, PAGE_SIZE, init_work); after pre_alloc_dyn_array() after setup_arch(), the array is ready to be used. Via this facility we can replace irq_desc[NR_IRQS] array with dyn_array irq_desc[nr_irqs]. v2: remove _nopanic in pre_alloc_dyn_array() Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/init.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index 93538b696e3d..cf9fa7f174af 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -246,6 +246,29 @@ struct obs_kernel_param { /* Relies on boot_command_line being set */ void __init parse_early_param(void); + +struct dyn_array { + void **name; + unsigned long size; + unsigned int *nr; + unsigned long align; + void (*init_work)(void *); +}; +extern struct dyn_array *__dyn_array_start[], *__dyn_array_end[]; + +#define DEFINE_DYN_ARRAY(nameX, sizeX, nrX, alignX, init_workX) \ + static struct dyn_array __dyn_array_##nameX __initdata = \ + { .name = (void **)&nameX,\ + .size = sizeX,\ + .nr = &nrX,\ + .align = alignX,\ + .init_work = init_workX,\ + }; \ + static struct dyn_array *__dyn_array_ptr_##nameX __used \ + __attribute__((__section__(".dyn_array.init"))) = \ + &__dyn_array_##nameX + +extern void pre_alloc_dyn_array(void); #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ /** -- cgit v1.2.3