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git-mirror · Dec 7, 2006 · 7f3db00 · 7f3db00
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-refs/heads/master: 6569580de7ae367def89b7671029cb97c1965574
+refs/heads/master: 6ed018845f1172cdc94f8a20ad807df901c6b7eb
diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.smp_altinstr_replacement)
   	__smp_alt_end = .;
   }
+  /* will be freed after init
+   * Following ALIGN() is required to make sure no other data falls on the
+   * same page where __smp_alt_end is pointing as that page might be freed
+   * after boot. Always make sure that ALIGN() directive is present after
+   * the section which contains __smp_alt_end.
+   */
   . = ALIGN(4096);
 
   /* will be freed after init */