linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow linker to eliminate unused functions in lib/*

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Message-ID: <20100111105141.GA5550@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:51:41 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow linker to eliminate unused functions in lib/*

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:17:08AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Andi, how do you want to handle the overlap between this and the
> list_sort() patch I sent? I'm going to need a list_sort() available
> in the XFS tree well before the 2.6.34 merge window....

Honestly, if Andrew and Linus play with the game I'd just throw in your
patch to move the two indentical list_sort implementations into lib/
right now.  It's just moving stuff around so the normal merge window
shouldn't apply.  This would make life a lot easier for introducing new
users in .34.

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