Re: [PATCH v10 15/17] kernel: add support for .init_array.* constructors

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:11:59 +0300 Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> KASan uses constructors for initializing redzones for global
> variables. Actually KASan doesn't need priorities for constructors,
> so they were removed from GCC 5.0, but GCC 4.9.2 still generates
> constructors with priorities.

I don't understand this changelog either.  What's wrong with priorities
and what is the patch doing about it?  More details, please.


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