Re: [PATCH 00/24] Rename kernel's magic sections for compatibility with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

From: Denys Vlasenko
Date: Sat Feb 20 2010 - 16:58:21 EST


Hi Andi,

On Saturday 20 February 2010 10:22, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:03:33AM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > Hi Michal, Sam, folks,
> > Here is a new version of the -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections patch
> > series based on current Linus tree.
> Denys,
>
> Not read all your patches. But I had recently the problem
> that I need a generic way to check for a symbol being
> inside the kernel image (text or data).

I'm not sure I understood the problem.

> There wasn't
> a common symbol that worked for both XIP ARM and normal
> architectures. Is this something addressed by your patchkit?

Most likely not.
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vda
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