linux-kernel - Re: acpi_wakeup_address in .data vs .bss (Fwd: [PATCH 18/20] x86: Coding Style fixes to arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c)

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Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:47:54 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>, paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: acpi_wakeup_address in .data vs .bss (Fwd: [PATCH 18/20] x86:
	Coding Style fixes to arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c)

On Sat 2008-02-23 01:36:08, Len Brown wrote:
> was there any particular reason we forced acpi_wakeup_address into .data
> instead of into .bss?

In my tree it is in .bss already... ...I think that was done during
"wakeup-to-.c" move.

So this patch is okay.

But you actually might want to drop this, preventing merge
conflict... 
									Pavel

> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 18/20] x86: Coding Style fixes to arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> Date: Friday 22 February 2008 17:11
> From: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>
> To: hpa <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, tglx <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> 
> File is now error free.
> Compile tested.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> index 6bc815c..dd78326 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  #include <asm/smp.h>
>  
>  /* address in low memory of the wakeup routine. */
> -unsigned long acpi_wakeup_address = 0;
> +unsigned long acpi_wakeup_address;
>  unsigned long acpi_realmode_flags;
>  extern char wakeup_start, wakeup_end;
>  

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