[PATCH] x86-64: build-time checking

o X86_64 kernel should run from 2MB aligned address for two reasons.
	- Performance.
	- For relocatable kernels, page tables are updated based on difference
	  between compile time address and load time physical address.
	  This difference should be multiple of 2MB as kernel text and data
	  is mapped using 2MB pages and PMD should be pointing to a 2MB
	  aligned address. Life is simpler if both compile time and load time
	  kernel addresses are 2MB aligned.

o Flag the error at compile time if one is trying to build a kernel which
  does not meet alignment restrictions.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
index fee54dbf1749..fed1167159c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, unsigned long heap,
         insize = input_len;
         inptr  = 0;
 
-        if ((ulg)output & 0x1fffffUL)
+        if ((ulg)output & (__KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
                 error("Destination address not 2M aligned");
         if ((ulg)output >= 0xffffffffffUL)
                 error("Destination address too large");
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
index 6c34bdd22e26..213d90e04755 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 {
         int i;
 
+        /*
+         * Make sure kernel is aligned to 2MB address. Catching it at compile
+         * time is better. Change your config file and compile the kernel
+         * for a 2MB aligned address (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START)
+         */
+        BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START & (__KERNEL_ALIGN - 1));
+
         /* clear bss before set_intr_gate with early_idt_handler */
         clear_bss();