From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:11:57 +0000 (-1000)
Subject: Merge tag 'x86-boot-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git... 
X-Git-Tag: Ubuntu-6.8.0-17.17~2225
X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2b95bb052656d46c2073b87f9487a53ef5e79732;p=mirror_ubuntu-kernels.git

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
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