linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

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Message-ID: <45F642F1.1040405@vmware.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:21:37 -0800
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	ak@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Really truly?   I think we have a _lot_ of declarations which omit the section
> qualifier altogether.  How come they don't all break too?
>   

According to the report I have.  Perhaps a bogus section qualifier does 
more damage than an omitted one.  I'll get gcc  / linker version, but 
this could be a combination of user error, a strange toolchain, and 
perhaps a real bug somewhere.

> (ARM (at least) in fact does require the section tagging on the declaration as
> well as the definition, but we've thus far only fixed that in a couple of places
> which were causing breakage).
>   

Yes, I was surprised by this as well, and I'm still skeptical about this 
being the real cause.  Still, this reportedly fixed the problem, and is 
certainly not a bad thing.

Zach
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