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Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:26:23 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, JBeulich@...e.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 44/74] lto: Mark functions used by the vsyscall init code visible On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 07:16:45PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I think that there should be a comment why the symbol needs to be > > visible (just copy the reasoning from the changelog). Otherwise someone > > might attempt to do a cleanup a few years later, noticing that there is > > no assembler code calling get_random_int(). > > Ok. On hindsight maybe it's better to split vsyscall_64.c into two > files, one only with the vsyscall code and another with the init code. Or checking the code again it's already done because only the emulation is left and that is already a separate file. I'll drop those patches. -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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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