linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] frv: remove unused .altinstructions code

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Message-Id: <1253303529-6342-2-git-send-email-tabbott@ksplice.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:52:07 -0400
From:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Nelson Elhage <nelhage@...lice.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] frv: remove unused .altinstructions code

From: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@...lice.com>

It appears that frv copied the .altinstructions definitions in its linker
script from x86. Since frv doesn't put anything in those sections, this
is just dead code.

Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@...lice.com>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
---
 arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7dbf41f..cfb4181 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
   __con_initcall_end = .;
   SECURITY_INIT
-  . = ALIGN(4);
-  __alt_instructions = .;
-  .altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) }
-  __alt_instructions_end = .;
- .altinstr_replacement : { *(.altinstr_replacement) }
 
   PERCPU(4096)
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

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