linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate the symbols

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Date:	Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:04:19 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ian Lance Taylor <ian@...s.com>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate the symbols

> I have felt sure to have sorted both: indeed the linker sorts symbols
> *before* it writes down their addresses (and not after). But I could
> have made a mistake, obviously.

I was refering to the address the symbol points to, not the address of
the ksymtab entry. 

-Andi

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