linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/8] powerpc: Cleanup PCL output by hiding and adding symbols

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 01:22:34 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, paulus@...ba.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] powerpc: Cleanup PCL output by hiding and adding
	symbols


* Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org> wrote:

> A lot of hits in "setup" doesn't make much sense, so hide this symbol and
> allow all the hits to end up in copy_4k_page.
> 
> Also add some dummy symbols for the branches at 0xf00, 0xf20 and 0xf40,
> otherwise hits end up in trap_0e which is confusing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>

looks good (we have similar fixes for x86 too), but i think this one 
should go via BenH (Cc:-ed) as it affects generic PowerPC code.

	Ingo
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