linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux

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Date:	Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:47:00 +0100
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	sam@...nborg.org
Cc:	kai@...maschewski.name, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux

On Wednesday 05 September 2007 14:43, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> These patches fix section names and add
> CONFIG_DISCARD_UNUSED_SECTIONS. It is not enabled
> unconditionally because only newest binutils have
> ld --gc-sections which is stable enough for kernel use.
> IOW: this is an experimental feature for now.

Part 1: fix section names over entire source (all arches).

Patch is big and boring global s/.text.lock/.text_lock/
type thing.

You can regenerate it using attached
linux-2.6.23-rc4.0.fixname.sh
(e.g. if you need to rebase to later kernel).

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vda


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