linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: reenable section mismatch analysis

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Message-Id: <20110218125043.d65a4064.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:50:43 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: reenable section mismatch analysis

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:47:20 +0100 Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> This was disabled in commit
> 
> 	e5f95c8 (kbuild: print only total number of section mismatces found)
> 
> because there were too many warnings.  Now we're down to a reasonable
> number again, so we start scaring people with the details.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>

Thanks.

> ---
>  lib/Kconfig.debug |    4 ----
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 2b97418..0f77ed1 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -102,11 +102,7 @@ config HEADERS_CHECK
>  
>  config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
>  	bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
> -	depends on UNDEFINED || (BLACKFIN)
>  	default y
> -	# This option is on purpose disabled for now.
> -	# It will be enabled when we are down to a reasonable number
> -	# of section mismatch warnings (< 10 for an allyesconfig build)
>  	help
>  	  The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
>  	  references from one section to another section.
> -- 


---
~Randy
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