linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Use macros rather than hardcoding section names

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:25:06 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Use macros rather than hardcoding section names

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 06:14:11PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> This patch series cleans up the kernel's explicit references to
> .data.page_aligned, .bss.page_aligned, and .data.init_task in C and
> assembly code to instead use the standard macros for that purpose.
> 
> Version 4 differs from version 3 in two ways:
> - It is rebased on top of current kbuild-next/master
> - __LINKER_SCRIPT__ was renamed to LINKER_SCRIPT
> 
> Version 3 differs from version 2 in two ways:
> - The .data.init_task patch also updates the score architecture
> - The powerpc __page_aligned_data patch was removed (since Benjamin
> Herrenschmidt said he was taking it).
> 
> Version 2 differed from version 1 in that it added the kbuild patch,
> fixing breakage in the x86 linker script caused indirectly by
> including linux/linkage.h in x86's asm/cache.h.
> 
> This cleanup is in preparation for being able to change the names of
> the .data.page_aligned and .bss.page_aligned sections to be
> compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections (a prerequisite
> for Ksplice).
> 
> Joe Perches (1):
>   Use new __init_task_data macro in arch init_task.c files.
> 
> Tim Abbott (3):
>   kbuild: Don't define ALIGN and ENTRY when preprocessing linker
>     scripts.
>   Use macros for .bss.page_aligned section.
>   Use macros for .data.page_aligned section.

Thanks - applied all 4.

	Sam
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