asmlinkage: Make jiffies visible
authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Sat, 8 Feb 2014 07:51:59 +0000 (08:51 +0100)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:12:09 +0000 (18:12 -0800)
Jiffies is referenced by the linker script, so it has to be visible.

Handled both the generic and the x86 version.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1391845930-28580-3-git-send-email-ak@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
arch/x86/kernel/time.c
kernel/timer.c

index 24d3c91..6ec91c0 100644 (file)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <asm/time.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-DEFINE_VVAR(volatile unsigned long, jiffies) = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+__visible DEFINE_VVAR(volatile unsigned long, jiffies) = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 #endif
 
 unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
index accfd24..d78de04 100644 (file)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/timer.h>
 
-u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+__visible u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);