linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] recordmcount: Fix handling of elf64 big-endian objects.

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Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:15:18 -0800
From:	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] recordmcount: Fix handling of elf64 big-endian objects.

On 01/06/2012 03:09 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 12:42 -0800, David Daney wrote:
>
>> Any more feedback on this patch?  Should I look for it to appear in 3.3?
>
> OK, I tested it and then I noticed that mainline doesn't have
> "HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT" set. Is that going in the PPC tree?

I have no idea, I'm a MIPS guy at the moment.

> I added that
> to arch/powerpc/Kconfig, and did see the bug you saw. After adding your
> patch, I did a diff of the available_filter_functions and had this:
>
>> .elf_core_extra_phdrs
>> .elf_core_write_extra_phdrs
>> .elf_core_write_extra_data
>> .elf_core_extra_data_size
>
> These 4 functions were added after doing the change. Weird.
>
> Anyway, I'll run the change through my normal tests and then push it
> out.
>

Thanks,
David Daney
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