linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Allow section alignment

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0811070850330.27455@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:50:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Matt Fleming <mjf@...too.org>
cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Allow section alignment


On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Matt Fleming wrote:

> 2008/11/7 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>:
> > On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 13:12 +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> >> Provide a means of aligning the __mcount_loc section.
> >
> > Not that I object to the patch, but this changelog needs work.
> >
> > Its wrong, it doesn't provide means, it plain does.
> > It doesn't tell us why.
> >
> 
> Would you like me to resubmit the patch with a better changelog?

Yes, because I'm not convinced that the change is needed.

-- Steve

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