linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add __discard section to x86

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Message-ID: <473B4D7F.5020708@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:33:19 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add __discard section to x86

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Add a __discard sectionto the linker script. Code produced in this section will
> not be put in the vmlinux file. This is useful when we have to calculate the
> size of an instruction before actually declaring it (for alignment purposes for
> instance). This is used by the immediate values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
> CC: Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> CC: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
> CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

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