linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/14] mn10300: Drop unused .data.idt section.

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:41:54 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	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>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] mn10300: Drop unused .data.idt section.

On 4/28/09, Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu> wrote:
> Since nothing gets put into .data.idt on this architecture, eliminate
> it from the linker script.
>
> This change was apparently proposed previously:
> <http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0802.2/2538.html>
>
> CCing the author and people who acked that patch in case there was a
> reason it wasn't applied.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> ---
>  arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |    3 ---
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 6ad0fa8..364250f 100644
> --- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ SECTIONS
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    __nosave_end = .;
>
> -  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -  .data.page_aligned : { *(.data.idt) }
> -
>    . = ALIGN(32);
>    .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
>
> --
> 1.6.2.1
>
>

Thanks Tim!
Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
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