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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:16:58 +0900 From: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> To: Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu>, Waseem Daher <wdaher@....edu>, Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, Am??rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 04:49:32PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote: > The purpose of this patch is to make it possible to build the kernel > with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections". This is a key step > towards being able to compile the kernel using the --gc-sections > linker option, which can be used to decrease the vmlinux size by > garbage collecting unused functions. Also, Ksplice's 'run-pre > matching' process is much simpler if the original kernel was compiled > with -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections. > [snip] > Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu> > Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu> As this is the only really invasive part of the patch, it would certainly be good to see this merged early. Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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