NetBSD/sys/arch/amd64/conf/kern.ldscript.2MB
mjf e0e10b0607 Add __cacheline_aligned and __read_mostly annotations.
These annotations help to mitigate false sharing on multiprocessor
systems.

Variables annotated with __cacheline_aligned are placed into the
.data.cacheline_aligned section in the kernel. Each item in this
section is aligned on a cachline boundary - this avoids false
sharing. Highly contended global locks are a good candidate for
__cacheline_aligned annotation.

Variables annotated with __read_mostly are packed together tightly
into a .data.read_mostly section in the kernel. The idea here is that
we can pack infrequently modified data items into a cacheline and
avoid having to purge the cache, which would happen if read mostly
data and write mostly data shared a cachline. Initialisation variables
are a prime candiate for __read_mostly annotations.
2010-06-01 22:13:30 +00:00

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/* $NetBSD: kern.ldscript.2MB,v 1.3 2010/06/01 22:13:30 mjf Exp $ */
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64",
"elf64-x86-64")
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
ENTRY(_start)
SECTIONS
{
/* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
.text :
AT (ADDR(.text))
{
*(.text)
*(.text.*)
*(.stub)
} =0
_etext = . ;
PROVIDE (etext = .) ;
.rodata :
AT (LOADADDR(.text) + (ADDR(.rodata) - ADDR(.text)))
{
*(.rodata)
*(.rodata.*)
}
/* Adjust the address for the data segment. We push the data segment
up to the next 2MB boundary so that we can map the text with large
pages. */
. = ALIGN(0x200000);
__data_start = . ;
.data :
AT (LOADADDR(.text) + (ADDR(.data) - ADDR(.text)))
{
*(.data)
}
. = ALIGN(64); /* COHERENCY_UNIT */
.data.cacheline_aligned :
AT (LOADADDR(.text) + (ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - ADDR(.text)))
{
*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
}
. = ALIGN(64); /* COHERENCY_UNIT */
.data.read_mostly :
AT (LOADADDR(.text) + (ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - ADDR(.text)))
{
*(.data.read_mostly)
}
. = ALIGN(64); /* COHERENCY_UNIT */
_edata = . ;
PROVIDE (edata = .) ;
__bss_start = . ;
.bss :
AT (LOADADDR(.text) + (ADDR(.bss) - ADDR(.text)))
{
*(.bss)
*(.bss.*)
*(COMMON)
. = ALIGN(64 / 8);
}
. = ALIGN(64 / 8);
_end = . ;
PROVIDE (end = .) ;
.note.netbsd.ident :
{
KEEP(*(.note.netbsd.ident));
}
}