linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] extable: Make sure all archs define

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Message-ID: <20110520202147.GA24378@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 22:21:47 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
	"JamesE.J.Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] extable: Make sure all archs define _sdata

> 
> Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
> 
> Although I suppose if we're supposedly standardizing on _sdata,
> the two uses of _data in arch/alpha/mm/ could be transitioned.

>From include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:

 *
 *      _sdata = .;
 *      RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 *      RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
 *      _edata = .;
 *

So yes - we do standardize on _sdata.
Other symbols for the same ought to be replaced...

	Sam
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