linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate the symbols

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Message-ID: <AANLkTin_PfbjMuye6J3dD7VrF3PYPhfA3up-+vuaBk-R@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:22:07 +0200
From:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for
 locate the symbols

Dear Mr. Kleen,

2011/3/26 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>:
>> I have felt sure to have sorted both: indeed the linker sorts symbols
>> *before* it writes down their addresses (and not after). But I could
>> have made a mistake, obviously.
>
> I was refering to the address the symbol points to, not the address of
> the ksymtab entry.

I'm very confused.

My patches don't change nothing else but ksymtab* and kcrctab*
entries. My intentions were to leave actual symbols completely
unchanged.

Ciao,
Alessio
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