linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use gcc alias instead of assembler aliases for syscalls

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Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 21:39:06 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use gcc alias instead of assembler aliases for syscalls

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 04:54:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Aug 2013 15:09:35 -0700 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > Use standard gcc __attribute__((alias(foo))) to define
> > the syscall aliases instead of custom assembler macros.
> > 
> > This is far cleaner, and also fixes my LTO kernel build.
> > 
> 
> This makes my x86_64 allmodconfig build emit screenfuls of

Ok I can reproduce with MODVERSIONS. Very mysterious, as I 
didn't change EXPORT_SYMBOL. Will look into it.

Thanks.

-Andi
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