linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's exception table.

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Date:	Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:22:11 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's exception table.

On Friday 18 November 2011 14:37:44 David Daney wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
>
> +/*
> + * sortextable.c: Sort the kernel's exception table
> + *
> + * Copyright 2011 Cavium, Inc.
> + *
> + * Based on code taken from recortmcount.c which is:

seems like it'd be nice if the duplicate helper funcs were placed in a common 
header file rather than copying & pasting between them.

> +	switch (w2(ehdr->e_machine)) {
> +	default:
> +		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized e_machine %d %s\n",
> +			w2(ehdr->e_machine), fname);
> +		fail_file();
> +		break;
> +	case EM_386:
> +	case EM_MIPS:
> +	case EM_X86_64:
> +		break;
> +	}  /* end switch */

unlike recordmcount, this file doesn't do anything arch specific.  so let's just 
delete this and be done.
-mike

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