Re: [Patch v2] livepatch: annotate klp_init() with __init

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri May 22 2015 - 10:35:16 EST


On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:26:29PM +0800, Minfei Huang wrote:
> Usually we prefer to let compiler put the module initialized function to
> section ".init.text". Thus this text in memory will be freed in future.
>
> Once we add the "__init" preceding function name, we can use following
> command to find it in specfied section.
>
> $ objdump -t -j .init.text built-in.o
>
> built-in.o: file format elf64-x86-64
>
> SYMBOL TABLE:
> 0000000000000000 l d .init.text 0000000000000000 .init.text
> 0000000000000000 l F .init.text 000000000000004e klp_init
>
> Signed-off-by: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1:
> - modify the subject to make it more concise

Thanks!

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Josh
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