linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

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Message-ID: <20090221094614.GA26948@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:46:14 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] x86 fixes


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> I will be happy to merge a patch that makes the warnings 
> become visible again and also to make them hard errors.
>
> But for now I cannot take the additional work it requires to 
> follow all the section mismatch warnings that suddenly will 
> pop up for the different architectures, which is why I 
> hesitate to create said patch myself.

Ok - i'm working on a patch that enables it on x86 and makes it 
a hard failure, and brings the number of warnings down to a zero 
baseline where we can base a sane future on. Other architectures 
can then opt-in too when they see fit - or can leave it disabled 
if it's too much work for them.

	Ingo
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