Re: [PATCH] sort exception tables

From: David S. Miller
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 12:52:02 EST


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:07:17 +1100
Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have tested this on x86 and ppc with a module that uses __get_user
> in an init function, deliberately laid out to get the exception table
> out of order, and it works (whereas it oopsed without this patch).

I have no objections to this patch, however I'd like to be reminded why we
desire to sort this stuff, performance?
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