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The code in .head.text executes from a 1:1 mapping and cannot generally refer to global variables using their kernel virtual addresses. However, there are some occurrences of such references that are valid: the kernel virtual addresses of _text and _end are needed to populate the page tables correctly, and some other section markers are used in a similar way. To avoid the need for making exceptions to the rule that .head.text must not contain any absolute symbol references, derive these addresses from the RIP-relative 1:1 mapped physical addresses, which can be safely determined using RIP_REL_REF(). Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205112804.3416920-12-ardb+git@google.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.