linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86: assembly, ENTRY for fn, GLOBAL for data

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Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:06:12 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, mingo@...hat.com
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86: assembly, ENTRY for fn, GLOBAL for data

On 17/02/17 11:47, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> This is a start of series to unify use of ENTRY, ENDPROC, GLOBAL, END,
> and other macros across x86. When we have all this sorted out, this will
> help to inject DWARF unwinding info by objtool later.
> 
> So, let us use the macros this way:
> * ENTRY -- start of a global function
> * ENDPROC -- end of a local/global function
> * GLOBAL -- start of a globally visible data symbol
> * END -- end of local/global data symbol
> 
> The goal is forcing ENTRY to emit .cfi_startproc and ENDPROC to emit
> .cfi_endproc.
> 
> This particular patch makes proper use of GLOBAL on data and ENTRY on a
> function which was not the case on 4 locations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: <x86@...nel.org>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Cc: <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> Cc: <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S | 14 +++++++-------
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S        |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S      |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S          |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Xen parts:

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen