linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kexec jump: fix code size checking

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:07:03 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, mingo@...e.hu,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kexec Mailing List <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec jump: fix code size checking

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:19:27 -0400 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 09:04:35AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> > Fix building issue when CONFIG_KEXEC=n. Thanks to Vivek Goyal for his
> > reminding.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> > 
> > ---
> >  include/asm-x86/kexec.h |    3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > --- a/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-x86/kexec.h
> > @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> >  # define KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE	2048
> > +# ifndef CONFIG_KEXEC
> > +#  define kexec_control_code_size	0
> > +# endif
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> 
> I think Andrew already fixed it. Right way is to put code in vmlinux.lds.S
> under #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC, than defining the symbol kexec_control_code_size
> if CONFIG_KEXEC=n

I was wondering about that.

I resurrected that patch.
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