Testing of function/data-sections on linux-2.6.35-rc4
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From: Sam Ravnborg on 26 Jul 2010 03:30 On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:29:09AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > On Friday 23 July 2010 22:24, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > * fix for kernel linker stripts: linux-2.6.35-rc4-fs.fix-kernel-linker-scripts.patch > > > It makes _all_ linker scripts -ffunction/data-sections safe via: > > > - *(.data) > > > + *(.data .data.*) > > > > > > > This patch touches both the regular kernel linker scripts and the > > boot linker scripts. > > I would strongly prefer a split so you touched the boot linker > > scripts in a separate patch. > > No problem. > > > In addition the patch handles more sections than > > documented: rodata, bss, text. > > Yes, that was assumed. > > > The patch introduce the following syntax for input sections: > > > > *(.bss .bss.*) > > > > Where the kernel linker script would have one input > > section per line. > > Can we stick to the "layout" used in the kernel linker scripts? > > Sure. > > > > The patch in addition in several places changes linker > > scripts that already uses the two-lines layout to a single line approach. > > These "fixes" should be omitted. > > Reverted. > > > Why do we need *(.bss .bss.*)? > > Does -fdata-sections introduce special .bss sectiosn too? > > Yes, it does. > > Please take a look at attached updated patches. > > Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux(a)googlemail.com> Looks better now - thanks. With proper changelogs both patches has my: Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam(a)ravnborg.org> Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |