ARM: Allow SMP kernels to boot on UP systems

UP systems do not implement all the instructions that SMP systems have,
so in order to boot a SMP kernel on a UP system, we need to rewrite
parts of the kernel.

Do this using an 'alternatives' scheme, where the kernel code and data
is modified prior to initialization to replace the SMP instructions,
thereby rendering the problematical code ineffectual.  We use the linker
to generate a list of 32-bit word locations and their replacement values,
and run through these replacements when we detect a UP system.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b16c07914b5..fd5750b8ac8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ SECTIONS
                 __tagtable_begin = .;
                         *(.taglist.init)
                 __tagtable_end = .;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
+                __smpalt_begin = .;
+                        *(.alt.smp.init)
+                __smpalt_end = .;
+#endif
 
                 INIT_SETUP(16)
 
@@ -237,6 +242,12 @@ SECTIONS
 
         /* Default discards */
         DISCARDS
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP
+        /DISCARD/ : {
+                *(.alt.smp.init)
+        }
+#endif
 }
 
 /*