kernel/linux
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ synced 2026-09-26 18:16:26 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Packages Activity

Changes to the x86 boot code in v6.7:

Browse source 
- Rework PE header generation, primarily to generate a modern, 4k aligned
    kernel image view with narrower W^X permissions.
 
  - Further refine init-lifetime annotations
 
  - Misc cleanups & fixes
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 iQJFBAABCgAvFiEEBpT5eoXrXCwVQwEKEnMQ0APhK1gFAmU9B6ERHG1pbmdvQGtl
 cm5lbC5vcmcACgkQEnMQ0APhK1jXOg/+NAOQKhIYK0uFqAM+CEhZX4cqsJ9Ck0ze
 bqQ8pf5iCkbVZ+6ByiMSOszScTgVTSalRfKMYR+Fa9PVkLK4SNAeYPnGYugmLRoj
 U3lZYFpNDEwsZOmFwvqn7p+bGBQcBYKZuVI6bQh5U7Go4v6ujPjK4zTAK8SWDdTp
 DtEzhj9tELcYlm1NSV2OYu/k0IWAFV3Fc++G3WAm85xOK7oXVOYeMIlaVkpOyAXu
 th3yCw+Q0u1tuBS++77FwsEPt1KTzKGcTL7HpPrb4e4e4snOhmri+KAM/Noef7Vm
 lWqo8fTAeYwpYQ80oFsXVDhuI5LsfsuQgQid20sy1cWwswe1o1A73/AeP4pRogWl
 zLJuRcuNg2/VhPvMLdBWn5QdgJjH7CngeH+r/YkZPssPo6tfwa5UW7HOTCQvLsO9
 a+xy098qkk9d+8Za0sYMuv8/4+Ev5II2haP8edLgNWQ8S5qKIUQaY+r6268pIN/F
 0fGP9B3wblBjiNWCnd8UBh6T271g1O4vaMUt2URdcW3QObEq2EGnNiTc5tx9OPnP
 ZxQdAIl6pB0H0HIe9/7PABF40biKn84zmSl+KuXrhvh1f5FjYjJWVNyKlAKdSpSR
 wjvzg1KbhLiAHV05oQSHR7txMHJxfjpxAKmus0Hpqo6qVQ9FgrKiru9VHKocIpKU
 z66g+wEKUuY=
 =sxZJ
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Merge tag 'x86-boot-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - Rework PE header generation, primarily to generate a modern, 4k
   aligned kernel image view with narrower W^X permissions.

 - Further refine init-lifetime annotations

 - Misc cleanups & fixes

* tag 'x86-boot-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits)
  x86/boot: efistub: Assign global boot_params variable
  x86/boot: Rename conflicting 'boot_params' pointer to 'boot_params_ptr'
  x86/head/64: Move the __head definition to <asm/init.h>
  x86/head/64: Add missing __head annotation to startup_64_load_idt()
  x86/head/64: Mark 'startup_gdt[]' and 'startup_gdt_descr' as __initdata
  x86/boot: Harmonize the style of array-type parameter for fixup_pointer() calls
  x86/boot: Fix incorrect startup_gdt_descr.size
  x86/boot: Compile boot code with -std=gnu11 too
  x86/boot: Increase section and file alignment to 4k/512
  x86/boot: Split off PE/COFF .data section
  x86/boot: Drop PE/COFF .reloc section
  x86/boot: Construct PE/COFF .text section from assembler
  x86/boot: Derive file size from _edata symbol
  x86/boot: Define setup size in linker script
  x86/boot: Set EFI handover offset directly in header asm
  x86/boot: Grab kernel_info offset from zoffset header directly
  x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64
  x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device
  x86/boot: Omit compression buffer from PE/COFF image memory footprint
  x86/boot: Remove the 'bugger off' message
  ...
This commit is contained in:
Linus Torvalds 2023-10-30 14:11:57 -10:00
commit 2b95bb0526
21 changed files with 174 additions and 507 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files