linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/64: Fix section mismatch warnings for early boot symbols

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:18:35 -0300
From:   Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeyu@...nel.org, jeyu@...hat.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, npiggin@...il.com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/64: Fix section mismatch warnings for early
 boot symbols

On 04/09/2018 11:51 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Thanks for picking this one up.
> 
> I hate to be a pain ... but before we merge this and proliferate these
> names, I'd like to change the names of some of these early asm
> functions. They're terribly named due to historical reasons.

Indeed :) No worries.

> I haven't actually thought of good names yet though:)
> 
> I'll try and come up with some and post a patch doing the renames.

Alright. Could you please copy me on that, and I can post an update.

cheers,
Mauricio