linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

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Message-Id: <200904262239.18396.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:39:16 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....edu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:53:58 am Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > ---
> >  Documentation/mutex-design.txt              |    4 +-
> >  arch/alpha/kernel/head.S                    |    2 +-
> ...
> >  include/linux/linkage.h                     |    4 +-
> >  include/linux/spinlock.h                    |    2 +-
> >  kernel/module.c                             |    2 +-
> >  scripts/mod/modpost.c                       |   12 ++++----
> >  scripts/recordmcount.pl                     |    6 ++--
> >  141 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 348 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch touches far too many files.
> We should try to work out a method so we are in better control
> of the section names, so renaming in the end is a simple patch
> touching only a few files.

Completely disagree.  You'll end up touching all these files, and leaving
us with now-unnecessary a level of indirection.  Also, you'll have performed
a giant pile of make-work, and bothered all the maintainers.

Just get Linus to apply the damn patch already; it's been sitting around too
long.  Then do any cleanups which are actual cleanups.

Rusty.
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